Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya : Glacial Environments, Processes, Hazards and Resources /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hewitt, Kenneth. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
Subjects:
Table of 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.