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Irrigation as a Potential Driver for Anomalous Glacier Behavior in High Mountain Asia

Many glaciers in the northwest of High Mountain Asia (HMA) show an almost zero or positive mass balance, despite the global trend of melting glaciers. This phenomenon is often referred to as the “Karakoram anomaly,” although strongest positive mass balances can be found in the Kunlun Shan mountain r...

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Autores principales: de Kok, Remco J., Tuinenburg, Obbe A., Bonekamp, Pleun N. J., Immerzeel, Walter W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5993349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29937602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076158