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...

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Published in:Ice and Snow
Main Author: A. Ya. Muraviev
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Nauka 2015
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2015-2-123-132
https://doaj.org/article/e099d0a7bb014686a359ed49ff2e7d24
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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.