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Author Hewitt, Kenneth.

Title Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya : glacial environments, processes, hazards and resources / Kenneth Hewitt.

Publication Info. Dordrecht : Springer, [2013]
2014

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Advances in Asian human-environmental research
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Regional Context -- Snow, Ice and Verticality in the Karakoram -- Karakoram Glaciers: Types and Terrain -- Glacier Mass Balance I: Snowfall and Glacier Nourishment -- Glacier Mass Balance II: Ablation -- Mass Balance Regimes -- Dynamics of Snow and Ice in Glacier Basins -- Landforms of the Karakoram and Glacierized Areas -- Surge-Type Glaciers -- Glacial Impoundments and Outburst Floods -- Rock Glaciers and Related Phenomena -- Glaciers and Climate Change -- Glaciers in Human Life.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 5, 2013).
Subject Glaciers -- Karakoram Range.
Glaciology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9789400763111 (e-book)
9789400763104

 
    
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