STABLE ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF SNOW-PATCHES AND GLACIERS IN THE POLAR URALS
Abstract
Modern glaciers of the Polar Urals are small and usually located 1000 m below the climatic snow line, rarely descending below 400 500 m above sea level. Glaciers are formed by blowing the snow from surrounding slopes and their internal accumulated cold, which contributes to the formation of superimposed ice. The isotope composition of snowfields and glaciers of the Polar Urals was studied (a small glacier on the Paipudynsky ridge and the Romantics glacier); changes in the initial isotopic characteristics during ice formation are discussed.
Supporting agencies: The research was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project № 14-27-00083-П)
About the Authors
Yu. K. Vasil’chuk
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Landscape Geochemistry and Soil Geography, Professor, D.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy
Ju. N. Chizhova
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Senior Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
Russian Federation
Senior Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
N. A. Budantseva
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Landscape Geochemistry and Soil Geography, Senior
Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
A. C. Vasil’chuk
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Research Laboratory of the Ecology of the North, Leading Scientific Researcher, D.Sc. in Geography
G. E. Oblogov
Institute of the Earth Cryosphere, Siberian Branch of the RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geology and Mineralogy
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Vasil’chuk Yu.K., Chizhova J.N., Budantseva N.A., Vasil’chuk A.C., Oblogov G.E. STABLE ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF SNOW-PATCHES AND GLACIERS IN THE POLAR URALS. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2018;1(1):81-89. (In Russ.)
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