Changes of glaciers and glacial lakes implying corridor-barrier effects and climate change in the Hengduan Shan, southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Changes of glaciers and glacial lakes and their causes were examined in the Hengduan Shan from 1990 to 2014, based on Landsat TM/ETM+/OLI images. A total glacier area of 1298.8 ± 62.1 km2 and glacial lake area of 255.8 ± 31.6 km were inventoried in 2014. The area of glaciers declined at an average r...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: XIN WANG, KAIGUO CHAI, SHIYIN LIU, JUNFENG WEI, ZONGLI JIANG, QIONGHUAN LIU
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
Subjects:
climate change
corridor-barrier effects
glacier changes
glacial lakes
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Meteorology. Climatology
QC851-999
Glacial Lake
Journal of Glaciology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.14
https://doaj.org/article/4bf716421bf642dc8ed1029a3bf62bc9

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