Contemporary state of glaciers in Chukotka and Kolyma highlands

• Published in: Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series
• Main Authors: Ananicheva, Maria, Kononov, Yury, Belozerov, Egor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2020
• Subjects: Geophysics; Geography, Planning and Development; Kolyma; Sedov; Chukotka; Chukotka Peninsula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bgeo-2020-0006; https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bgeo/19/1/article-p5.xml; https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/bgeo-2020-0006

Abstract The purpose of this work is to assess the main parameters of the Chukotka and Kolyma glaciers (small forms of glaciation, SFG): their size and volume, and changes therein over time. The point as to whether these SFG can be considered glaciers or are in transition into, for example, rock gla...