کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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8866612 | 1621190 | 2018 | 10 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Topographic controls on the surging behaviour of Sabche Glacier, Nepal (1967 to 2017)
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
کنترل توپوگرافی بر رفتارهای پر سر و صدا از جنگل سبشی نپال (1967 تا 2017)
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کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه
علوم زمین و سیارات
کامپیوتر در علوم زمین
چکیده انگلیسی
Using a combination of Landsat, Pléiades and CORONA satellite imagery from 1967 to 2017, we map changes in the terminus position, ice surface velocity and surface elevation of Sabche Glacier, and report the first observations of surging behaviour in central Nepal. Our observations show that Sabche Glacier surged four times over the last 50â¯years. The three most recent surges occurred at 10 to 11-yearâ¯cycles, which is one of the shortest surge cycles ever recorded. Detailed analysis of the most recent surge (2012 onwards), indicates that the glacier advanced 2.2â¯km and experienced maximum velocities of 1.6â¯Â±â¯0.10â¯mâ¯dayâ1. During this surge, there was a surface elevation gain at the terminus of up to 90â¯Â±â¯6.19â¯mâ¯aâ1, with a corresponding surface lowering of between 10â¯Â±â¯6.19 and 60â¯Â±â¯6.19â¯mâ¯aâ1, 3â¯km up-glacier of the terminus. This transfer of mass amounted to a volume of ~2.7â¯Ãâ¯107â¯Â±â¯0.1â¯Ãâ¯107â¯m3aâ1. Sabche Glacier is the first surge-type glacier to be observed in the central Himalayas, but this is consistent with a previous global analysis which indicates that surge-type glaciers should exist in the region. We hypothesise that the surge is at least partially controlled by subglacial topography, whereby a major subglacial overdeepening and constriction 3â¯km up-glacier of the terminus provides resistance to glacier flow from the accumulation area to the ablation area. This overdeepening appears to store mass until a threshold is crossed, after which the glacier flows out of the subglacial depression and rapidly surges over a bedrock lip and down the valley. Thus, whilst the surges are likely to be facilitated by subglacial processes (e.g. changes in subglacial hydrology and/or basal thermal regime), the topographic setting of the glacier appears to be modulating both the timing and duration of each surge.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment - Volume 210, 1 June 2018, Pages 434-443
Journal: Remote Sensing of Environment - Volume 210, 1 June 2018, Pages 434-443
نویسندگان
Arminel M. Lovell, J. Rachel Carr, Chris R. Stokes,