Progresses in the ice formation of glaciers in China |
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| Authors: | Xiangying LI Shiyin LIU Donghui SHANGGUAN Aigang LU |
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| Institution: | (1) State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Science/Hydrology and Ecology Laboratory of Watershed, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China;(2) Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China;(3) Department of Environment and Life Sciences, Weinan Teachers University, Weinan, 714000, China |
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| Abstract: | Glaciers, formed by snowfall and characterized by movement and size, are the most sensitive indicators to climate change.
The ice formation of glaciers (the processes, mechanisms and results of transformation from snow to ice) can indicate the
growth condition, the formation process and the physical characteristics of glaciers. Its spatial variation can also reflect
glacier change, and further reveal climate change. Studies on ice formation of glaciers in China were initiated in 1962, when
Xie and others studied the ice formation of Glacier No.1 at the Urumqi River head, Tianshan Mountain. Other researchersfollowed
suit and did studies on ice formation of glaciers in Qilian Mountain. As time goes by, the concept of ice formation came into
being in China. This paper reviews the development history of glacier zones, and the studies of ice formation of glaciers
in China since the 1960s. These studies mainly focus on Qilian Mountain, Tianshan Mountain, Altay Mountain, and the western
Kunlun Mountain, Himalaya Mountain, the southeastern Tibetan and Hengduan Mountains. The paper also discusses the significance
of ice formation studies, the limitation and deficiency of previous studies, and the prospects and suggestions for future
studies.
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Translated from Advances in Earth Science, 2007, 22(4): 386–395 译自: 地球科学进展] |
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| Keywords: | glacier ice formation glacier zone China |
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