supported by programs from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST) (Grant Nos. 2013FY111400 and 2012BAC19B07);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41190084);The first and second Chinese Glacier Inventory data were provided by an immediate past Project from MOST (Grant No. 2006FY110200)
Glacier retreat is not only a symbol of temperature and precipitation change, but a dominating factor of glacial lake changes in alpine regions, which are of wide concern for high risk of potential outburst floods. Of...
supported by The State Key Science Research Programme for Global Change Research of China(Grant No. 2010CB951404);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41071043,41271083)
Since the 20th century, numerous Quaternary moraine dating methods have emerged, including lichenometric, moraine 14C, quartz sand thermoluminescence (TL), electron spin resonance (ESR), optically stimulated lumin...
supported by the"Strategic Priority Research Program(B)"of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB03030100);the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(Grant No.41371080)
Moraine morphology is a valuable indicator of climate change. The glacial deposits of ten valleys were selected in the Parlung Zangbo River Basin, southeastern Tibetan Plateau, to study the glacial characteristics of ...