Southwest-facing slopes control the formation of debris-covered glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya
To understand the formation conditions of debris-covered glaciers, we examined the dimension and shape of debris-covered areas and potential debris-supply (PDS) slopes of 213 glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya. This was undertaken using satellite images with 2.5 m spatial resolution for manual delineat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-08-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/1303/2013/tc-7-1303-2013.pdf |