Five decades of glacier changes in the Hulugou Basin of central Qilian Mountains, Northwest China

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-165

  Chen, Hui ^a,b   Li, ZhongQin ^a,b   Wang, PuYu ^b   Lai, ZhongPing ^b   Chen, RenSheng ^b   Huai, BaoJuan ^b  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; glacier change; Hulugou Basin; ice surface elevation change; Shiyi Glacier

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921405900     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: 21947783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40333-014-0011-y     Document Type: Article

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