Reduction of glaciers of the South Chuya Range (Altai) since the maximum of the Little Ice Age
- Authors: Ganyushkin D.A.1, Bantcev D.V.1, Griga S.A.1, Derkach E.S.1, Ostanin O.V.2, Gorbunova Y.A.1, Rasputina V.A.1, Chistyakov K.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Altai State University
- Issue: Vol 64, No 4 (2024)
- Pages: 497-512
- Section: Glaciers and ice sheets
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2076-6734/article/view/282783
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/10.31857/S2076673424040024
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/HTXSDL
- ID: 282783
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Abstract
The extent of glaciation of the South Chuya Range in the LIA and the analysis of its subsequent gradual reduction were assessed. Based on interpretation of Corona, Landsat-7, Sentinel-2, World View-3 satellite images and analysis of field data, the reconstruction and cataloging of glaciers for the LIA maximum, for 1962 and 2000/21 were carried out. For each time slice, the morphology of glaciers, their altitudinal and aspect distribution were analyzed, and the changes that occurred in the glaciation pattern were revealed. The range area covered by glaciers at LIA maximum is estimated as 313.19 km2. The estimate of the glacier area for 1962 is approximately 11 km2 higher than given in the USSR Glacier Inventory. Higher rates of glacier shrinkage after the LIA maximum were identified (61% of area and 59–64% of volume) than in earlier estimates by other authors (21%). The lower limit of glacier extent shifted upward by 300 m, and the altitudinal maximum of ice distribution – by 100 m. Glacier retreat accelerated at each successive stage, reaching in 2000/21 an average rate of about 1.5% per year of their area at the beginning of this last stage. Differences in the distribution of glaciers by their aspect have increased. At the last stages of glacier retreat there was an accelerated degradation of glacier tongues and disintegration of complex valley glaciers into simple valley and cirque-valley glaciers (Bolshoi Taldurinsky, Sofiysky glaciers).
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About the authors
D. A. Ganyushkin
Saint Petersburg State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: d.ganyushkin@spbu.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
D. V. Bantcev
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: d.ganyushkin@spbu.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
S. A. Griga
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: d.ganyushkin@spbu.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
E. S. Derkach
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: d.ganyushkin@spbu.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
O. V. Ostanin
Altai State University
Email: d.ganyushkin@spbu.ru
Russian Federation, Barnaul
Yu. A. Gorbunova
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: d.ganyushkin@spbu.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
V. A. Rasputina
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: d.ganyushkin@spbu.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
K. V. Chistyakov
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: d.ganyushkin@spbu.ru
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
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