Present Glaciers of Tavan Bogd Massif in the Altai Mountains, Central Asia, and Their Changes since the Little Ice Age

Present Glaciers of Tavan Bogd Massif in the Altai Mountains, Central Asia, and Their Changes since the Little Ice Age

The Tavan Bogd mountains (of which, the main peak, Khuiten Uul, reaches 4374 m a.s.l.) are situated in the central part of the Altai mountain system, in the territories of Russia, Mongolia and China. The massif is the largest glacierized area of Altai. The purposes of this study were to provide a fu...

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Main Authors: Dmitry A. Ganyushkin, Kirill V. Chistyakov, Ilya V. Volkov, Dmitry V. Bantcev, Elena P. Kunaeva, Tatyana A. Andreeva, Anton V. Terekhov, Demberel Otgonbayar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
Inner Asia
Altai
glaciers
shrinkage
LIA
present dynamics
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/11/414

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