Palaeoglacial and palaeoclimatic conditions in the NW Pacific, as revealed by a morphometric analysis of cirques upon the Kamchatka Peninsula

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: Barr, Iestyn D., Spagnolo, Matteo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1904; name=Earth-Surface Processes; glacier; Ice Sheet; Kamchatka; Kamchatka Peninsula; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/6f61e92d-f3cb-4ed6-997d-cfbee4763c4b; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.03.011

The distribution of glacial cirques upon the Kamchatka peninsula, Far Eastern Russia, is systematically mapped from satellite images and digital elevation model data. A total of 3,758 cirques are identified, 238 of which are occupied by active glaciers. The morphometry of the remaining 3,520 cirques...