Rock glacier inventory of the western Nyainqêntanglha Range, Tibetan Plateau, supported by InSAR time series and automated classification

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Reinosch, Eike, Gerke, Markus, Riedel, Björn, Schwalb, Antje, Ye, Qinghua, Buckel, Johannes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Article; ddc:55; Veröffentlichung der TU Braunschweig; Publikationsfonds der TU Braunschweig; First Rock; Indian; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2117; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:084-2021070215071; https://leopard.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00069619; https://leopard.tu-braunschweig.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dbbs_derivate_00048310/Reinosch_ppp_2117.pdf; http://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/get/69619

The western Nyainqêntanglha Range on the Tibetan Plateau reaches an elevation of 7,162 m and is characterized by an extensive periglacial environment under semi-arid climatic conditions. Rock glaciers play an important part of the water budget in high mountain areas and recent studies suggest that t...