Finding and investigation of the Kamchatka glaciers
History of finding and investigation of the present-day glaciers of the Kamchatka Peninsula is described. A degree of our knowledge of such glacier characteristics as the mass balance, sizes, and the area fluctuations for the second half of 20th – beginning of 21st century is discussed. A literature...
| Published in: | Ice and Snow |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Russian |
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Nauka
2015
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2015-2-123-132 https://doaj.org/article/e099d0a7bb014686a359ed49ff2e7d24 |
| Summary: | History of finding and investigation of the present-day glaciers of the Kamchatka Peninsula is described. A degree of our knowledge of such glacier characteristics as the mass balance, sizes, and the area fluctuations for the second half of 20th – beginning of 21st century is discussed. A literature on the Kamchatka glaciations is reviewed. In accordance with purposes of the investigations, methods, and volumes of field researches five periods have been separated in the history. |
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