Present-day glaciation of Western Asia (on the Turkey territory)

A. V. Zimnitskiy; Yu. V. Efremov; Yu. G. Ilyichev

doi:10.15356/2076-6734-2015-4-50-60

Present-day glaciation of Western Asia (on the Turkey territory)

A. V. Zimnitskiy, Yu. V. Efremov, Yu. G. Ilyichev

https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2015-4-50-60

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Abstract

Mean annual air temperatures, total amount of precipitation, current state of glaciers and changes of their areas on some mountains of the Turkish territory are analyzed. The following regions are considered: East-Pontus Mountains, south-eastern part of the Taurus Mountains, volcanic regions Tendurek, Erciyes, and volcanic zone around the Wang Lake. There are seventy glaciers in these regions with their total area of 16.5 km2. It is shown that mostly the present-day glaciers are in state of degradation, and the rock glaciers are typical among them.

Keywords

Ablation, accumulation, degradation of glaciation, glacier, rock glacier, snow line, snow-patch,

About the Authors

A. V. Zimnitskiy

Krasnodar regional office of the Russian geographical society
Russian Federation

Yu. V. Efremov

Kuban State University, Krasnodar
Russian Federation

Yu. G. Ilyichev

North-Caucasian interregional territorial administration on hydrometeorology and monitoring of environment, Krasnodar
Russian Federation

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For citation: Zimnitskiy A.V., Efremov Y.V., Ilyichev Y.G. Present-day glaciation of Western Asia (on the Turkey territory). Ice and Snow. 2015;55(4):50-60. https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2015-4-50-60

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