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Triggers for multiple glacier detachments from a low-angle valley glacier in the Amney Machen Range, eastern Tibetan Plateau
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SYSNO ASEP 0575644 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Triggers for multiple glacier detachments from a low-angle valley glacier in the Amney Machen Range, eastern Tibetan Plateau Author(s) Zou, C. (CN)
Jansen, John D. (GFU-E) ORCID, SAI
Carling, P. A. (GB)
Dou, X. (CN)
Wei, Z. (CN)
Fan, X. (CN)Article number 108867 Source Title Geomorphology. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0169-555X
Roč. 440, November (2023)Number of pages 15 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords ice avalanche ; glacier detachment ; climate change ; Tibetan Plateau OECD category Physical geography Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support GFU-E - RVO:67985530 UT WOS 001106725300001 EID SCOPUS 85168808554 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108867 Annotation Large-scale ice avalanches initiated from low-angle glaciers (also known as glacier detachment) remain a scarcely studied and poorly understood phenomenon. Here we re-evaluated the repeat glacier detachments of a low angle (-14 degrees) surging valley glacier in the Amney Machen Range, eastern Tibetan Plateau. Four glacier detachments recorded over a 15-year period (2004-2019) are described in detail based on the combination of satellite image analyses, additional terrain profile analyses and field data. To identify what triggered these high magnitude events, the glacier fluctuations, seismicity, lithology, and regional climate were examined. We find that the factors favouring glacier detachments were anomalous warming, subglacial hydrology, repeated glacier surging, a soft glacier bed, and ice-rock loading from the glacier headwall, though the relative influence of each factor varied in the four events we studied. We confirmed the observation of Paul (2019) that additional ice-rock debris loadings from the headwall were the most important factor for all events. The 2004 event probably was a delayed response to ice-rock loading during the preceding months. The latter three events may have been affected by short-term climate anomalies. The events of 2007 and 2016 were associated with anomalously high temperature: abrupt warming preceded the 2007 event and 2016 was the warmest year on record. The 2019 event followed sustained precipitation and high summer temperatures. Based on the spatial patterns in glacier change, we suggest that climate warming played a limited role in initiation. Workplace Geophysical Institute Contact Hana Krejzlíková, kniha@ig.cas.cz, Tel.: 267 103 028 Year of Publishing 2024 Electronic address https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X23002878
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