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Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-149-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-149-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
Research article
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11 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 11 Jan 2021

Insights into a remote cryosphere: a multi-method approach to assess permafrost occurrence at the Qugaqie basin, western Nyainqêntanglha Range, Tibetan Plateau

Johannes Buckel, Eike Reinosch, Andreas Hördt, Fan Zhang, Björn Riedel, Markus Gerke, Antje Schwalb, and Roland Mäusbacher

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This study presents insights into the remote cryosphere of a mountain range at the Tibetan Plateau. Small-scaled studies and field data about permafrost occurrence are very scarce. A multi-method approach (geomorphological mapping, geophysics, InSAR time series analysis) assesses the lower occurrence of permafrost the range of 5350 and 5500 m above sea level (a.s.l.) in the Qugaqie basin. The highest, multiannual creeping rates up to 150 mm/yr are observed on rock glaciers.
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