Mass balance of a typical monsoonal temperate glacier in Hengduan Mountains Region

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1415-1422

  Du, Jiankuo ^a   He, Yuanqing ^b   Li, Shuang ^a   Wang, Shijin ^b   Niu, Hewen ^b  

^a SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Baishui Glacier No. 1; Glacier mass balance; Hengduan Mountains; Monsoonal temperate glacier

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; YULONG SNOW MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

EID: 84961696390     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11821/dlxb201509005     Document Type: Article

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