Changes in Imja Tsho in the Mount Everest region of Nepal

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1661-1671

  Somos Valenzuela, M A ^a   McKinney, D C ^a   Rounce, D R ^a   Byers, A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Mountain Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MORAINE; SONAR;

IMJA TSHO LAKE; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL];

EID: 84907264770     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1661-2014     Document Type: Article

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