The influence of water percolation through crevasses on the thermal regime of a Himalayan mountain glacier

<p>In cold and arid climates, small glaciers with cold accumulation zones are often thought to be entirely cold based. However, scattering in ground-penetrating radar (GPR) measurements on the Rikha Samba Glacier in the Nepal Himalayas suggests a large amount of temperate ice that seems to be...

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Main Authors: A. Gilbert, A. Sinisalo, T. R. Gurung, K. Fujita, S. B. Maharjan, T. C. Sherpa, T. Fukuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-04-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/14/1273/2020/tc-14-1273-2020.pdf