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11 Jan 2021
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| 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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, Technische
Universiät Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Eike Reinosch
Institute for Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Technische Universiät
Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Andreas Hördt
Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, Technische
Universiät Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Fan Zhang
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface
Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Björn Riedel
Institute for Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Technische Universiät
Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Markus Gerke
Institute for Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Technische Universiät
Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Antje Schwalb
Institute of Geosystems and Bioindication, Technische Universiät
Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Roland Mäusbacher
Geographical Institute, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Short summary
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.
This study presents insights into the remote cryosphere of a mountain range at the Tibetan...
