The Greater Caucasus Glacier Inventory (Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan)

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: L. G. Tielidze, R. D. Wheate
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: geo; envir; New Glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-81-2018; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/81/2018/tc-12-81-2018.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/43026cd173b5473bb8d63d4fa34509b9

There have been numerous studies of glaciers in the Greater Caucasus, but none that have generated a modern glacier database across the whole mountain range. Here, we present an updated and expanded glacier inventory at three time periods (1960, 1986, 2014) covering the entire Greater Caucasus. Larg...