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Vinit Kumar1,2, Ajay Singh Rana1,3, Manish Mehta4,5

  • 1Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, 248001, India.

概括

科学家们使用遥感数据在喜马拉雅中部发现了一个罕见的冰川激增. 在2019-2020年期间观察到的这种激增,显示了冰川速度的显著增加,突出显示了高山亚洲冰川的动态行为.

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