Two glaciers collapse in western Tibet

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 63, Issue 237, 2017, Pages 194-197

  Tian, Lide ^a,b,c   Yao, Tandong ^a,b,c   Gao, Yang ^a,b   Thompson, Lonnie ^d   Mosley Thompson, Ellen ^d   Muhammad, Sher ^a   Zong, Jibiao ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Jin, Shengqiang ^a   Li, Zhiguo ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SHANGQIU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER SURGE; ICE FLOW;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 85009963237     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jog.2016.122     Document Type: Article

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