Glacier shrinkage across High Mountain Asia

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 71, 2016, Pages 41-49

  Cogley, J Graham ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacier cover; Glacier fluctuations; Glacier mapping

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIOLOGY; MAPPING; SHRINKAGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

KARAKORAM;

EID: 84941662214     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2016AoG71A040     Document Type: Article

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