Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-927-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-927-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
24 Feb 2021
Research article |
| 24 Feb 2021
| 24 Feb 2021
Inventory and changes of rock glacier creep speeds in Ile Alatau and Kungöy Ala-Too, northern Tien Shan, since the 1950s
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0316, Norway
Tazio Strozzi
GAMMA Remote Sensing, Gümligen, Switzerland
Tobias Bolch
Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews,
Scotland, St Andrews, UK
Rafael Caduff
GAMMA Remote Sensing, Gümligen, Switzerland
Håkon Trefall
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0316, Norway
Markus Stoffel
Climatic Change Impacts and Risks in the Anthropocene (C-CIA),
Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences,
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Alexander Kokarev
Institute of Geography of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 050010
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Viewed
Total article views: 6,180 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 25 May 2020)
| HTML | XML | Total | Supplement | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,736 | 2,304 | 140 | 6,180 | 266 | 138 | 167 |
- HTML: 3,736
- PDF: 2,304
- XML: 140
- Total: 6,180
- Supplement: 266
- BibTeX: 138
- EndNote: 167
Total article views: 3,712 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 24 Feb 2021)
| HTML | XML | Total | Supplement | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,585 | 1,027 | 100 | 3,712 | 266 | 95 | 120 |
- HTML: 2,585
- PDF: 1,027
- XML: 100
- Total: 3,712
- Supplement: 266
- BibTeX: 95
- EndNote: 120
Total article views: 2,468 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 25 May 2020)
| HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,151 | 1,277 | 40 | 2,468 | 43 | 47 |
- HTML: 1,151
- PDF: 1,277
- XML: 40
- Total: 2,468
- BibTeX: 43
- EndNote: 47
Viewed (geographical distribution)
Total article views: 6,180 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 5,690 with geography defined
and 490 with unknown origin.
Total article views: 3,712 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 3,586 with geography defined
and 126 with unknown origin.
Total article views: 2,468 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 2,104 with geography defined
and 364 with unknown origin.
| Country | # | Views | % |
|---|
| Country | # | Views | % |
|---|
| Country | # | Views | % |
|---|
| Total: | 0 |
| HTML: | 0 |
| PDF: | 0 |
| XML: | 0 |
- 1
1
| Total: | 0 |
| HTML: | 0 |
| PDF: | 0 |
| XML: | 0 |
- 1
1
| Total: | 0 |
| HTML: | 0 |
| PDF: | 0 |
| XML: | 0 |
- 1
1
Cited
48 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Rock Glacier Inventory of the Southwestern Pamirs Supported by InSAR Kinematics Q. Ma & T. Oguchi 10.3390/rs16071185
- The First Inventory of Rock Glaciers in the Zhetysu Alatau: The Aksu and Lepsy River Basins A. Kaldybayev et al. 10.3390/rs15010197
- Alpine rock glacier activity over Holocene to modern timescales (western French Alps) B. Lehmann et al. 10.5194/esurf-10-605-2022
- TPRoGI: a comprehensive rock glacier inventory for the Tibetan Plateau using deep learning Z. Sun et al. 10.5194/essd-16-5703-2024
- Space and field-based investigations towards understanding the characteristics and origin of an inhabited rock glacier in NW Himalaya P. Pandey et al. 10.54991/jop.2024.1870
- Detection and reconstruction of rock glacier kinematics over 24 years (2000–2024) from Landsat imagery D. Cusicanqui et al. 10.5194/tc-19-2559-2025
- Annual surface elevation changes of rock glaciers and their geomorphological significance: Examples from the Swiss Alps S. Vivero & C. Lambiel 10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109487
- Discriminating viscous-creep features (rock glaciers) in mountain permafrost from debris-covered glaciers – a commented test at the Gruben and Yerba Loca sites, Swiss Alps and Chilean Andes W. Haeberli et al. 10.5194/tc-18-1669-2024
- Multi-decadal geomorphic changes of a low-angle valley glacier in the East Kunlun Mountains: remote sensing observations and detachment hazard assessment X. Wang et al. 10.5194/nhess-21-2791-2021
- Potential of the Bi-Static SAR Satellite Companion Mission Harmony for Land-Ice Observations A. Kääb et al. 10.3390/rs16162918
- Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide A. Bertone et al. 10.5194/tc-16-2769-2022
- Monitoring glacier terminus and surface velocity changes over different time scales using massive imagery analysis and offset tracking at the Hoh Xil World Heritage Site, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Q. Meng et al. 10.1016/j.jag.2022.102913
- Reconstruction of Petermann glacier velocity time series using multi-source remote sensing images Z. Li et al. 10.1016/j.jag.2024.104307
- Glacier–permafrost relations in a high-mountain environment: 5 decades of kinematic monitoring at the Gruben site, Swiss Alps I. Gärtner-Roer et al. 10.5194/tc-16-2083-2022
- Assessment of Rock Glacier Dynamics and Infiltration-Driven Thinning in the Accumulation Region through SAR Interferometry with VV-Polarized Sentinel-1A/1B SAR Data B. Nela et al. 10.1007/s12524-024-01918-x
- Permafrost in monitored unstable rock slopes in Norway – new insights from temperature and surface velocity measurements, geophysical surveying, and ground temperature modelling B. Etzelmüller et al. 10.5194/esurf-10-97-2022
- Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Cryosphere in High Mountain Asia: A Multidisciplinary Review Q. Ye et al. 10.3390/rs16101709
- A Pipeline for Automated Processing of Declassified Corona KH-4 (1962–1972) Stereo Imagery S. Ghuffar et al. 10.1109/TGRS.2022.3200151
- Spatial and temporal changes of glaciers and glacial lakes in the Northern Tianshan Mountains over the past 30 years J. Hu et al. 10.1007/s11442-024-2274-3
- Glacial geomorphology of the Vanch River basin, the western Pamirs, Tajikistan Q. Ma & T. Oguchi 10.1080/17445647.2024.2326827
- Deciphering Small-Scale Seasonal Surface Dynamics of Rock Glaciers in the Central European Alps Using DInSAR Time Series S. Buchelt et al. 10.3390/rs15122982
- 100 years of monitoring in the Swiss National Park reveals overall decreasing rock glacier velocities A. Manchado et al. 10.1038/s43247-024-01302-0
- Combination of Aerial, Satellite, and UAV Photogrammetry for Quantifying Rock Glacier Kinematics in the Dry Andes of Chile (30°S) Since the 1950s S. Vivero et al. 10.3389/frsen.2021.784015
- The First Rock Glacier Inventory for the Greater Caucasus L. Tielidze et al. 10.3390/geosciences13040117
- Kinematics and geomorphological changes of a destabilising rock glacier captured from close-range sensing techniques (Tsarmine rock glacier, Western Swiss Alps) S. Vivero et al. 10.3389/feart.2022.1017949
- Dynamics and internal structure of a rock glacier: Inferring relationships from the combined use of differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry, electrical resistivity tomography and ground‐penetrating radar S. Buchelt et al. 10.1002/esp.5993
- Interpretation of Volume and Flux Changes of the Laurichard Rock Glacier Between 1952 and 2019, French Alps D. Cusicanqui et al. 10.1029/2021JF006161
- Using Borehole Temperatures for Knowledge Transfer about Mountain Permafrost: The Example of the 35-year Time Series at Murtèl-Corvatsch (Swiss Alps) W. Haeberli et al. 10.4000/rga.11950
- Combining facts and physics-based concepts with objective treatment of landsystem relations for documenting viscous flow features (rock glaciers) in mountain permafrost: examples from Nuristan/Hindu Kush, Galena Creek (Absaroka Mountains) and Gruben (Swiss Alps) W. Haeberli et al. 10.1080/04353676.2025.2452760
- Insights from feature tracking of optical satellite data for studying rock glacier kinematics in the Northern Tien Shan E. Wood et al. 10.3389/feart.2024.1518390
- Permafrost Monitoring from Space A. Bartsch et al. 10.1007/s10712-023-09770-3
- Inventory and kinematics of active and transitional rock glaciers in the Southern Alps of New Zealand from Sentinel-1 InSAR C. Lambiel et al. 10.1080/15230430.2023.2183999
- Flow Velocity Variations and Surface Change of the Destabilised Plator Rock Glacier (Central Italian Alps) from Aerial Surveys F. Bearzot et al. 10.3390/rs14030635
- On the influence of rock glacier dynamics on the runoff in basin of the Ulken Almaty (Bolshaya Almatinka) River, Northern Tien Shan L. Lebedeva et al. 10.31857/S2076673424010041
- Towards a sediment transfer capacity index of rock glaciers: Examples from two catchments in South Tyrol, (Eastern Italian Alps) C. Kofler et al. 10.1016/j.catena.2022.106329
- Conventional and UAV-Based Aerial Surveys for Long-Term Monitoring (1954–2020) of a Highly Active Rock Glacier in Austria V. Kaufmann et al. 10.3389/frsen.2021.732744
- Utilisation des températures de forage pour le transfert de connaissances sur le permafrost (pergélisol) de montagne : L’exemple de la série temporelle de 35 ans à Murtèl-Corvatsch (Alpes suisses) W. Haeberli et al. 10.4000/rga.11913
- Glacier and glacial lake dynamics from 1990 to 2024 and their impact on flood hazard in the central Nepal Himalaya A. Banerjee et al. 10.1007/s11629-024-9298-0
- Regional Morpho-Kinematic Inventory of Slope Movements in Northern Norway L. Rouyet et al. 10.3389/feart.2021.681088
- Mountain Glacier Flow Velocity Retrieval from Ascending and Descending Sentinel-1 Data Using the Offset Tracking and MSBAS Technique: A Case Study of the Siachen Glacier in Karakoram from 2017 to 2021 Q. Liang & N. Wang 10.3390/rs15102594
- Multi-sensor monitoring and data integration reveal cyclical destabilization of the Äußeres Hochebenkar rock glacier L. Hartl et al. 10.5194/esurf-11-117-2023
- Multi-decadal (1953–2017) rock glacier kinematics analysed by high-resolution topographic data in the upper Kaunertal, Austria F. Fleischer et al. 10.5194/tc-15-5345-2021
- Rock glaciers across the United States predominantly accelerate coincident with rise in air temperatures A. Kääb & J. Røste 10.1038/s41467-024-52093-z
- Rock glacier distribution and kinematics in Shigar and Shayok basins based on radar and optical remote sensing J. Hassan et al. 10.1002/esp.5820
- Results of Geodetic Measurements of the Mass Balance of Some Glaciers in the Trans-Ili Alatau A. Kokarev et al. 10.1134/S009780782370029X
- InSAR-based characterization of rock glacier movement in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA G. Brencher et al. 10.5194/tc-15-4823-2021
- Rock glacier inventory of the western Nyainqêntanglha Range, Tibetan Plateau, supported by InSAR time series and automated classification E. Reinosch et al. 10.1002/ppp.2117
- Quantifying Overestimated Permafrost Extent Driven by Rock Glacier Inventory B. Cao et al. 10.1029/2021GL092476
47 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Rock Glacier Inventory of the Southwestern Pamirs Supported by InSAR Kinematics Q. Ma & T. Oguchi 10.3390/rs16071185
- The First Inventory of Rock Glaciers in the Zhetysu Alatau: The Aksu and Lepsy River Basins A. Kaldybayev et al. 10.3390/rs15010197
- Alpine rock glacier activity over Holocene to modern timescales (western French Alps) B. Lehmann et al. 10.5194/esurf-10-605-2022
- TPRoGI: a comprehensive rock glacier inventory for the Tibetan Plateau using deep learning Z. Sun et al. 10.5194/essd-16-5703-2024
- Space and field-based investigations towards understanding the characteristics and origin of an inhabited rock glacier in NW Himalaya P. Pandey et al. 10.54991/jop.2024.1870
- Detection and reconstruction of rock glacier kinematics over 24 years (2000–2024) from Landsat imagery D. Cusicanqui et al. 10.5194/tc-19-2559-2025
- Annual surface elevation changes of rock glaciers and their geomorphological significance: Examples from the Swiss Alps S. Vivero & C. Lambiel 10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109487
- Discriminating viscous-creep features (rock glaciers) in mountain permafrost from debris-covered glaciers – a commented test at the Gruben and Yerba Loca sites, Swiss Alps and Chilean Andes W. Haeberli et al. 10.5194/tc-18-1669-2024
- Multi-decadal geomorphic changes of a low-angle valley glacier in the East Kunlun Mountains: remote sensing observations and detachment hazard assessment X. Wang et al. 10.5194/nhess-21-2791-2021
- Potential of the Bi-Static SAR Satellite Companion Mission Harmony for Land-Ice Observations A. Kääb et al. 10.3390/rs16162918
- Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide A. Bertone et al. 10.5194/tc-16-2769-2022
- Monitoring glacier terminus and surface velocity changes over different time scales using massive imagery analysis and offset tracking at the Hoh Xil World Heritage Site, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Q. Meng et al. 10.1016/j.jag.2022.102913
- Reconstruction of Petermann glacier velocity time series using multi-source remote sensing images Z. Li et al. 10.1016/j.jag.2024.104307
- Glacier–permafrost relations in a high-mountain environment: 5 decades of kinematic monitoring at the Gruben site, Swiss Alps I. Gärtner-Roer et al. 10.5194/tc-16-2083-2022
- Assessment of Rock Glacier Dynamics and Infiltration-Driven Thinning in the Accumulation Region through SAR Interferometry with VV-Polarized Sentinel-1A/1B SAR Data B. Nela et al. 10.1007/s12524-024-01918-x
- Permafrost in monitored unstable rock slopes in Norway – new insights from temperature and surface velocity measurements, geophysical surveying, and ground temperature modelling B. Etzelmüller et al. 10.5194/esurf-10-97-2022
- Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Cryosphere in High Mountain Asia: A Multidisciplinary Review Q. Ye et al. 10.3390/rs16101709
- A Pipeline for Automated Processing of Declassified Corona KH-4 (1962–1972) Stereo Imagery S. Ghuffar et al. 10.1109/TGRS.2022.3200151
- Spatial and temporal changes of glaciers and glacial lakes in the Northern Tianshan Mountains over the past 30 years J. Hu et al. 10.1007/s11442-024-2274-3
- Glacial geomorphology of the Vanch River basin, the western Pamirs, Tajikistan Q. Ma & T. Oguchi 10.1080/17445647.2024.2326827
- Deciphering Small-Scale Seasonal Surface Dynamics of Rock Glaciers in the Central European Alps Using DInSAR Time Series S. Buchelt et al. 10.3390/rs15122982
- 100 years of monitoring in the Swiss National Park reveals overall decreasing rock glacier velocities A. Manchado et al. 10.1038/s43247-024-01302-0
- Combination of Aerial, Satellite, and UAV Photogrammetry for Quantifying Rock Glacier Kinematics in the Dry Andes of Chile (30°S) Since the 1950s S. Vivero et al. 10.3389/frsen.2021.784015
- The First Rock Glacier Inventory for the Greater Caucasus L. Tielidze et al. 10.3390/geosciences13040117
- Kinematics and geomorphological changes of a destabilising rock glacier captured from close-range sensing techniques (Tsarmine rock glacier, Western Swiss Alps) S. Vivero et al. 10.3389/feart.2022.1017949
- Dynamics and internal structure of a rock glacier: Inferring relationships from the combined use of differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry, electrical resistivity tomography and ground‐penetrating radar S. Buchelt et al. 10.1002/esp.5993
- Interpretation of Volume and Flux Changes of the Laurichard Rock Glacier Between 1952 and 2019, French Alps D. Cusicanqui et al. 10.1029/2021JF006161
- Using Borehole Temperatures for Knowledge Transfer about Mountain Permafrost: The Example of the 35-year Time Series at Murtèl-Corvatsch (Swiss Alps) W. Haeberli et al. 10.4000/rga.11950
- Combining facts and physics-based concepts with objective treatment of landsystem relations for documenting viscous flow features (rock glaciers) in mountain permafrost: examples from Nuristan/Hindu Kush, Galena Creek (Absaroka Mountains) and Gruben (Swiss Alps) W. Haeberli et al. 10.1080/04353676.2025.2452760
- Insights from feature tracking of optical satellite data for studying rock glacier kinematics in the Northern Tien Shan E. Wood et al. 10.3389/feart.2024.1518390
- Permafrost Monitoring from Space A. Bartsch et al. 10.1007/s10712-023-09770-3
- Inventory and kinematics of active and transitional rock glaciers in the Southern Alps of New Zealand from Sentinel-1 InSAR C. Lambiel et al. 10.1080/15230430.2023.2183999
- Flow Velocity Variations and Surface Change of the Destabilised Plator Rock Glacier (Central Italian Alps) from Aerial Surveys F. Bearzot et al. 10.3390/rs14030635
- On the influence of rock glacier dynamics on the runoff in basin of the Ulken Almaty (Bolshaya Almatinka) River, Northern Tien Shan L. Lebedeva et al. 10.31857/S2076673424010041
- Towards a sediment transfer capacity index of rock glaciers: Examples from two catchments in South Tyrol, (Eastern Italian Alps) C. Kofler et al. 10.1016/j.catena.2022.106329
- Conventional and UAV-Based Aerial Surveys for Long-Term Monitoring (1954–2020) of a Highly Active Rock Glacier in Austria V. Kaufmann et al. 10.3389/frsen.2021.732744
- Utilisation des températures de forage pour le transfert de connaissances sur le permafrost (pergélisol) de montagne : L’exemple de la série temporelle de 35 ans à Murtèl-Corvatsch (Alpes suisses) W. Haeberli et al. 10.4000/rga.11913
- Glacier and glacial lake dynamics from 1990 to 2024 and their impact on flood hazard in the central Nepal Himalaya A. Banerjee et al. 10.1007/s11629-024-9298-0
- Regional Morpho-Kinematic Inventory of Slope Movements in Northern Norway L. Rouyet et al. 10.3389/feart.2021.681088
- Mountain Glacier Flow Velocity Retrieval from Ascending and Descending Sentinel-1 Data Using the Offset Tracking and MSBAS Technique: A Case Study of the Siachen Glacier in Karakoram from 2017 to 2021 Q. Liang & N. Wang 10.3390/rs15102594
- Multi-sensor monitoring and data integration reveal cyclical destabilization of the Äußeres Hochebenkar rock glacier L. Hartl et al. 10.5194/esurf-11-117-2023
- Multi-decadal (1953–2017) rock glacier kinematics analysed by high-resolution topographic data in the upper Kaunertal, Austria F. Fleischer et al. 10.5194/tc-15-5345-2021
- Rock glaciers across the United States predominantly accelerate coincident with rise in air temperatures A. Kääb & J. Røste 10.1038/s41467-024-52093-z
- Rock glacier distribution and kinematics in Shigar and Shayok basins based on radar and optical remote sensing J. Hassan et al. 10.1002/esp.5820
- Results of Geodetic Measurements of the Mass Balance of Some Glaciers in the Trans-Ili Alatau A. Kokarev et al. 10.1134/S009780782370029X
- InSAR-based characterization of rock glacier movement in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA G. Brencher et al. 10.5194/tc-15-4823-2021
- Rock glacier inventory of the western Nyainqêntanglha Range, Tibetan Plateau, supported by InSAR time series and automated classification E. Reinosch et al. 10.1002/ppp.2117
1 citations as recorded by crossref.
Latest update: 18 Jul 2025
Short summary
We present a map of rock glacier motion over parts of the northern Tien Shan and time series of surface speed for six of them over almost 70 years.
This is by far the most detailed investigation of this kind available for central Asia.
We detect a 2- to 4-fold increase in rock glacier motion between the 1950s and present, which we attribute to atmospheric warming.
Relative to the shrinking glaciers in the region, this implies increased importance of periglacial sediment transport.
We present a map of rock glacier motion over parts of the northern Tien Shan and time series of...
