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Recent progress of glaciological studies in China

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Glacier inventory compilation during the past 20 years and modifications of that for the Eastern Pamir and Banggong Lake indicate that there are 46,342 modern glaciers with a total area and volume of 59415 km2 and 5601 km3 respectively in China. These glaciers can be classified into maritime and continental (including sub-continental and extremely continental) types. Researches show that glaciers in China have been retreating since the Little Ice Age and the mass wastage was accelerated during the past 30 to 40 years. Being an important part of glaciological studies in China, ice core climatic and environmental studies on Tibetan Plateau and in the Antarctica have provided abundant, high resolution information about past climatic and environmental evolution over the Tibetan Plateau and Antarctica. Except for different parameters recorded in ice cores relating to climate and environment changes on Tibetan Plateau, records from ice cores extracted from different glaciers show that the discrepancies in climatic and environmental changes on the north and south parts of the plateau may be the consequence of different influencing effects from terrestrial and solar sources. Glaciological and meteorological phenomena imply that Lambert Glacier valley is an important boundary of climate in the east Antarctica, which is thought to be connected with cyclonic activities and Circum-polar Waves over the Antarctica

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  1. Key Laboratory of Ice Core and Cold Regions Environment, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS, 730000, Lanzhou, China

    Liu Shiyin, Wang Ninglian, Duan Keqin, Xiao Cunde, Ding Yongjian & Han Haidong

  2. Institute for Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, 100029, Beijing, China

    Liu Shiyin, Wang Ninglian & Duan Keqin

  3. Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, 100081, Beijing, China

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Shiyin, L., Ninglian, W., Keqin, D. et al. Recent progress of glaciological studies in China. J. Geogr. Sci. 14, 401–410 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02837483

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