Glaciers and equilibrium line altitudes of the eastern Nyainqêntanglha Range, SE Tibet

Journal of Maps

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 575-588

  Loibl, David Matthias ^a   Lehmkuhl, Frank ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

equilibrium line altitude; GIS; glaciers; little ice age; Nyainq ntanglha; remote sensing; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928581424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17445647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2014.933451     Document Type: Article

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