Articles | Volume 14, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1273-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1273-2020
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17 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 17 Apr 2020

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

Adrien Gilbert, Anna Sinisalo, Tika R. Gurung, Koji Fujita, Sudan B. Maharjan, Tenzing C. Sherpa, and Takehiro Fukuda

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