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Glaciers
and Environment In The Qinhai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau-The
Gongga Mountain
Compiled by Lanzhou Institute of Geography
& Russian Academy of Sciences
260x185mm£¬201 Pages£¬Hardcover£¬1994
ISBN£º7-03-004154-2
Price: US$58
The book, collecting 17 papers, is the summing?up of investigations on
monsoon maritime glacier in the Gongga Mountain, which were carried out
by the Sino ?Russian Qinghai?Xizang (Tibet) Plateau Glacier Expedition
Team in 1990. Its contents include: climatic condition, hydrological characteristics,
developmental condition of modern glacier, ice formation, mass balance,
ice temperature, glacier movement, radiation and heat balance on glacier,
characteristics of glacier runoff, fluctuations of glacier, glaciation
and environment in the Quaternary, etc., in the investigation region.
This is a book of comprehensive study on glacier and environment in the
Gongga Mountain. The book can supply references for researchers or teachers
who study or teach glaciology, physical geography, Quaternary geology,
climatology, hydrology, geochemistry, etc., and also for engineers and
technicians who work in alpine and cold regions.
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