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Rock glaciers, Zailiysiky Range, Kungei Ranges, Tienshan, Kazakhstan

Entry ID: ggd501

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Summary

Abstract: The Zailiyskiy Alatau is the northernmost parallel latitudinal ranges of the Northern Tien Shan. The highest point of this range is the Talgar peak (4973 m a.s.l.). The central part of the range is strongly glaciated; 380 glaciers of total area about 510 sq. km occur here. There are 504 rock glaciers in the Zailiyskiy Alatau Range. On the morphological signs, 429 of this amount of total area 49.77 ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 43.25

S: 42.92

E: 77.08

W: 76.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1923-01-01

Stop Date: 1994-01-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ASIA > SOUTHCENTRAL ASIA > KAZAKHSTAN > BOLSHAYA AND MALAYA ALMATINKA RIVERS, ZAILIYSKIY ALATAU RANGE, NORTHERN TIENSHAN

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > ROCK GLACIERS

LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > ROCK GLACIERS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Ancillary Keywords

Remote Sensing

Rock Glaciers

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Frozen Ground Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Personnel

ALDAR P. GORBUNOV

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Fax: 7 3272 618102

Email: ingeo at kazmail.asdc.kz

Contact Address:

Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch

Kazakhstan Alpine Permafrost Laboratory of Geocryology

PO Box 138

City: Almaty

Postal Code: 480091

Country: Kazakhstan

Publications/References

Gorbunov,A.P. (1979). Rock glaciers of the Zailiyskiy Alatau Range. In 'Cryogenic Processes of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia'. Institute of Geocryology, Yakutsk, p. 5-34 (in Russian). Gorbunov, A.P., Seversky, E.V., Titkov, S.N. (1994). Geocryological research in the eastern part of the Northern Tien Shan. - Annual report of Kazakhstan Alpine Permafrost Laboratory. Institute of Geocryology, Yakutsk, ...

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-01-24

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