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Understanding the local controls of glacial retreat from the Baspa valley in Himachal Pradesh – A paper in Current Science

This paper in Current Science reports the role of remote sensing and geographical information system in the identification of geomorphic records

Bhushan S Deota

B P Rathore

I M Bahuguna

Y N Trivedi

Posted on 21 Jun, 2011 03:01 PM

It explores the understanding of the local controls on the retreat of glaciers of the Baspa valley in Himachal Pradesh. The geomorphic records mapped are accumulation zone, exposed ablation zone, moraine-covered ablation zone, snout, deglaciated valley, lateral moraine, medial moraine, terminal moraine and hanging glacier.

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