Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 7030041542
Published on: 1994-01
Paperback
The book, collecting 17 papers, is the summing?up of investigations on monsoon maritime glacier in the Gongga Mountain, which were carried out by the Sino ?Russian Qinghai?Xizang (Tibet) Plateau Glacier Expedition Team in 1990. Its contents include: climatic condition, hydrological characteristics, developmental condition of modern glacier, ice formation, mass balance, ice temperature, glacier movement, radiation and heat balance on glacier, characteristics of glacier runoff, fluctuations of glacier, glaciation and environment in the Quaternary, etc., in the investigation region. This is a book of comprehensive study on glacier and environment in the Gongga Mountain. The book can supply references for researchers or teachers who study or teach glaciology, physical geography, Quaternary geology, climatology, hydrology, geochemistry, etc., and also for engineers and technicians who work in alpine and cold regions.