The response between glacier evolution and eco-geological environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Xi-yong Sun; Rui-jiang Zhang; Wei Huang; Ang Sun; Liang-jun Lin; Hong-gen Xu; De-cai Jiang

doi:10.31035/cg2018078

2019 Vol. 2, No. 1

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Xi-yong Sun, Rui-jiang Zhang, Wei Huang, Ang Sun, Liang-jun Lin, Hong-gen Xu, De-cai Jiang, 2019. The response between glacier evolution and eco-geological environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China Geology, 2, 1-7. doi: 10.31035/cg2018078

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The response between glacier evolution and eco-geological environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

a.
China Aero Geophysical Survey & Remote Sensing Center for Natural Resources, China Geological Survey, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100083, China
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China Geological Survey, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100037, China
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Wuhan Center, China Geological Survey, Ministry of Natural Resources, Wuhan 430200, China

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Corresponding authors: 83359177@qq.com (Xi-yong Sun); sunangjlu@163.com (Ang Sun)

Received Date: 08 January 2019

Revised Date: 27 February 2019

Accepted Date: 07 March 2019

Available Online: 07 March 2019

Publish Date: 25 March 2019

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Based on the remote sensing survey and monitoring results of snow lines on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the authors analyzed the following eco-geological factors such as water resources, permafrost, desertification, wetlands, lake, geological disasters, sea-level rising, earthquake, etc., affected by the change of snow lines over the past 40 years, and discuss the response between glacier evolution and the eco-geological environment preliminarily.
- Qinghai-Tibet Plateau /
- Glacier evolution /
- Ecological environment /
- Geological environment /
- Response

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