Changes in glaciers in Hidden Valley, Mukut Himal, Nepal Himalayas, from 1974 to 1994
Abstract Glaciological investigations were carried out in 1994 on the glaciers in Hidden Valley, Mukut Himal, Nepal Himalayas, in order to make a comparison with observations made in 1974. Most of the glaciers were found to have retreated by 30–60 m in terminus elevation over the 20 years between th...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s002214300003519x 2024-09-09T19:49:01+00:00 Changes in glaciers in Hidden Valley, Mukut Himal, Nepal Himalayas, from 1974 to 1994 Fujita, Koji Nakawo, Masayoshi Fujii, Yoshiyuki Paudyal, Prem 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002214300003519x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002214300003519X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 43, issue 145, page 583-588 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 journal-article 1997 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s002214300003519x 2024-06-19T04:03:59Z Abstract Glaciological investigations were carried out in 1994 on the glaciers in Hidden Valley, Mukut Himal, Nepal Himalayas, in order to make a comparison with observations made in 1974. Most of the glaciers were found to have retreated by 30–60 m in terminus elevation over the 20 years between the two studies. Rikha Samba Glacier, the longest glacier in the valley, has retreated by about 200m. The areal average of the amount of surface lowering and the volume loss of the glacier was estimated to be 12.6 m ice equivalent and 13% of the total mass, respectively. The annual mass balance of −0.35 m a −1 water equivalent was obtained as an average for 20 years, which is one of the largest negative values amongst small glaciers of the world. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Hidden Valley ENVELOPE(78.451,78.451,-68.615,-68.615) Journal of Glaciology 43 145 583 588 |
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Abstract Glaciological investigations were carried out in 1994 on the glaciers in Hidden Valley, Mukut Himal, Nepal Himalayas, in order to make a comparison with observations made in 1974. Most of the glaciers were found to have retreated by 30–60 m in terminus elevation over the 20 years between the two studies. Rikha Samba Glacier, the longest glacier in the valley, has retreated by about 200m. The areal average of the amount of surface lowering and the volume loss of the glacier was estimated to be 12.6 m ice equivalent and 13% of the total mass, respectively. The annual mass balance of −0.35 m a −1 water equivalent was obtained as an average for 20 years, which is one of the largest negative values amongst small glaciers of the world. |
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Changes in glaciers in Hidden Valley, Mukut Himal, Nepal Himalayas, from 1974 to 1994 |
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Changes in glaciers in Hidden Valley, Mukut Himal, Nepal Himalayas, from 1974 to 1994 |
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Changes in glaciers in Hidden Valley, Mukut Himal, Nepal Himalayas, from 1974 to 1994 |
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Changes in glaciers in Hidden Valley, Mukut Himal, Nepal Himalayas, from 1974 to 1994 |
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Changes in glaciers in Hidden Valley, Mukut Himal, Nepal Himalayas, from 1974 to 1994 |
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changes in glaciers in hidden valley, mukut himal, nepal himalayas, from 1974 to 1994 |
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