On advancing of glaciers due to activity of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano (Kamchatka)

New data on continuing advance of the Kamchatka glaciers Erman, Vlodavets, Sopochny, Schmidt, and Bogdanovich were obtained as a result of analysis of aerospace information taken at different times. Glacier Erman advances during the past 70 years (1945–2016). Over the period from 1949 to 2016, its a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Ice and Snow
Main Authors: M. Dokukin D., I. Seynova B., E. Savernyuk A., S. Chernomorets S., М. Докукин Д., И. Сейнова Б., Е. Савернюк А., С. Черноморец С.
Other Authors: РФФИ, Ю.В. Демянчук и коллективу Камчатской вулканологической станции имени Ф.Ю. Левинсона-Лессинга, А.Я. Муравьёв (Институт географии РАН) – А.А. Невский, Н.И. Абросимов и В.В. Асмус (ФГБУ «НИЦ «Планета»)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: IGRAS 2017
Subjects:
Erman Glacier;glacier advance;Klyuchevskaya volcano;lateral eruption;space images;volcanic and rock avalanche deposits;«wandering glaciers»
«блуждающие ледники»;вулкан Ключевской;вулканогенно-обвальные отложения;латеральное извержение;ледник Эрмана;космические снимки;наступание ледников
Avalanche Glacier
Schmidt Glacier
Kamchatka
КАМЧАТК*
Online Access:https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/355
https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2017-1-10-24
Description
Summary:New data on continuing advance of the Kamchatka glaciers Erman, Vlodavets, Sopochny, Schmidt, and Bogdanovich were obtained as a result of analysis of aerospace information taken at different times. Glacier Erman advances during the past 70 years (1945–2016). Over the period from 1949 to 2016, its area increased by 4.7 km2 and the length – by 3.3 km (from 18.2 to 21.5 km). The highest speed of advancing had been estimated for the Schmidt glacier, in 2007–2013 it exceeded 100 m/year. We had identified a new isolated glacier between glaciers Erman and Schmidt, named as the Obvalny (the «Avalanche») glacier, since in 1945 this glacier was buried under volcanic-avalanche deposits resulted from the Klyuchevskaya volcano eruption. In 1975–2016, the Obvalny glacier advanced over a distance of about 1700 m. Also, we had found more 30 ice-rock massifs («wandering glaciers») on slopes of the Klyuchevskaya volcano. Their contours looked like drops or tongues, and some of them advanced in the frontal zone. From 2002 to 2016, the «wandering glacier» in the upper reaches of river Glubokaya (eastern sector of the volcano) advanced for 740 m (55 m/year). Advancing of glaciers here is a consequence of lateral and terminal eruptions of the Klyuchevskaya volcano in XX and XXI centuries. Erman Glacier, glacier advance, Klyuchevskaya volcano, lateral eruption, space images, volcanic and rock avalanche deposits, «wandering glaciers». На основе анализа разновременной аэрокосмической информации за период 1949–2016 гг. полу- чены новые данные о современном состоянии и наступании ледников района вулкана Ключев- ской – Эрмана, Влодавца, Сопочного, Шмидта, Богдановича и безымянных «блуждающих ледников». Площадь ледника Эрмана увеличилась на 4,7 км2, а длина достигла 21,5 км. Самые высокие темпы наступания – до 100 м/год – характерны для ледника Шмидта. Наступание ледников есть следствие латеральных и терминальных извержений вулкана Ключевской в XX и XXI вв.

Similar Items