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Published December 15, 2023 | Version v1
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Rock glacier inventory for Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh, western Himalaya, India

Creators

  • 1. Department of Geoinformatics, University of Kashmir
  • 2. ROR icon Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • 3. ROR icon Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
  • 4. ROR icon Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Contributors

  • 1. ROR icon University of Kashmir
  • 2. ROR icon Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • 3. ROR icon Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
  • 4. ROR icon Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Description

The data repository contains a comprehensive inventory of 5492 rock glaciers of the western Himalayan regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. The rock glacier inventory is characterized by 20 attributes following standards of International Permafrost Association and Jones et al. (2018). The inventory is available as polygon and point in SHP and KMZ formats.

Files

Embargoed

The files will be made publicly available on March 1, 2025.