Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-3415-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-3415-2026
Research article
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16 Jun 2026
Research article |  | 16 Jun 2026

Thinning-induced glacier deceleration in the Zanskar Himalayas

Tirthankar Ghosh, RAAJ Ramsankaran, Felicity S. McCormack, and Andrew N. Mackintosh

Data sets

Dataset generated during the study T. Ghosh et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20175928

Supraglacial Debris Cover, V. 1.0. D. Scherler et al. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2018.005

ERA5-Land monthly averaged data from 1950 to present Copernicus Climate Change Service https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.68d2bb30

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Short summary
Our long-term analysis (1992–2023) shows that glaciers in the Zanskar Himalayas are undergoing sustained flow deceleration, closely associated with progressive thinning and the resulting reduction in driving stress. Glacier-specific factors, including geometry, topography, debris cover, and terminus type, further modulate individual glacier response. Overall, these results provide new insight into the long-term dynamic response of glaciers in the region to ongoing mass loss. 
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