A surge of North Gasherbrum Glacier, Karakoram, China
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A surge of North Gasherbrum Glacier, Karakoram, China
Between 2003 and 2007, North Gasherbrum Glacier on the northeastern slope of the Karakoram mountains in Asia underwent a dramatic acceleration, during which a velocity wave propagated down the glacier. There was a significant transfer of ice from up-glacier downstream, which resulted in a strong surface elevation increase over the lower tongue, but only a moderate advance of the glacier snout. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Glaciology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-1430,1727-5652
DOI: 10.3189/002214311798043834