Rapid decrease of observed mass balance in the Urumqi Glacier No. 1, Tianshan Mountains, central Asia

Quaternary International

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-141

  Zhang, Guofei ^a   Li, Zhongqin ^a,b   Wang, Wenbin ^b   Wang, Weidong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

CHINA; TIEN SHAN; URUMQI GLACIER NO.1; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84908236565     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.035     Document Type: Article

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