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Research article
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02 Jan 2024
Research article |
| 02 Jan 2024
| 02 Jan 2024
Assessment of rock glaciers and their water storage in Guokalariju, Tibetan Plateau
Mengzhen Li
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Yanmin Yang
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Zhaoyu Peng
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Gengnian Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Cryosphere in High Mountain Asia: A Multidisciplinary Review Q. Ye et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16101709
- LT-1 SAR Satellite Constellation for Rock Glacier Topography Mapping and Deformation Monitoring Over the Tibetan Plateau Periglacial Environment X. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3541578
- The role of Little Ice Age glaciation in shaping the rock glacier morphology of Mount Kaçkar, Türkiye S. Yeşilyurt https://doi.org/10.1007/s42990-025-00160-y
- RGIK guidelines for compiling consistent rock glacier inventories F. Brardinoni et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.110050
- 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. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1669-2024
- TPRoGI: a comprehensive rock glacier inventory for the Tibetan Plateau using deep learning Z. Sun et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-5703-2024
- Topographic primacy in rock glacier distribution revealed by GAMs and their water storage: Insights from a new polygonised inventory of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau P. Fu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2026.109908
- Unraveling rock glaciers in the semi-arid Western Nyainqêntanglha Mountains: Insights from machine learning and Sentinel imagery for hydrological significance Y. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102874
- A review of evolving remote sensing and automated techniques in rock glacier mapping S. Tamang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2026.105473
- Rock glacier distribution and kinematics in Shigar and Shayok basins based on radar and optical remote sensing J. Hassan et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5820
- Divergent Responses of Alpine Rock Glaciers to Climate Change: A Review of Ecological and Abiotic Dynamics S. Piccinelli & N. Cannone https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2278
- Massive mobilization of toxic elements from an intact rock glacier in the central Eastern Alps H. Moradi et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5153-2024
- A climate-driven, altitudinal transition in rock glacier dynamics detected through integration of geomorphological mapping and synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR)-based kinematics A. Bertone et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2335-2024
- Rock Glacier Inventory of the Southwestern Pamirs Supported by InSAR Kinematics Q. Ma & T. Oguchi https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16071185
- Evaluating water quality of rock glacier outflows in the Western Alps, Italy: a regional perspective M. Rogora et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-13246-1
- Inventorying rock glaciers in the Western Himalaya, India, and assessing their hydrological significance I. Bhat et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109514
- Dynamics and Distribution of Rock Glaciers in the Middle Reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River Y. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1086/738520
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Short summary
We map a detailed rock glaciers inventory to further explore the regional distribution controlling factors, water storage, and permafrost probability distribution in Guokalariju. Results show that (i) the distribution of rock glaciers is controlled by the complex composition of topo-climate factors, increases in precipitation are conducive to rock glaciers forming at lower altitudes, and (ii) 1.32–3.60 km3 of water is stored in the rock glaciers, or ~ 59 % of the water glaciers presently store.
We map a detailed rock glaciers inventory to further explore the regional distribution...
