scholarly journals New Insights into Continental Deformation in Northwestern Tibet

Eos ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri Cook
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Gravitational Collapse ◽  
Strike Slip ◽  
Surface Velocity ◽  
Central Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Continental Deformation ◽  
Major Strike

A new surface velocity map shows strain localized along major strike-slip features, suggesting the central Tibetan Plateau is not deforming as a fluid in response to gravitational collapse.

scholarly journals Recent surging event of a glacier on Geladandong Peak on the Central Tibetan Plateau

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Junli Xu ◽  
Donghui Shangguan ◽  
Jian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Surface Velocity ◽  
Peak Region ◽  
Central Tibetan Plateau ◽  
West Kunlun ◽  
Morphology Changes

Abstract Few surges on the Central Tibetan Plateau have been reported. Here, we report observations of a recent surging event of the Gangjiaquba Glacier in the Geladandong Peak region using surface velocity and morphology changes that were extracted from Landsat MSS/TM/ETM+/OLI images obtained from 1973 to 2019. The results reveal that the active surge of this glacier initiated at the end of summer in 2014 and terminated in 2016. The surge resulted in a total advance of 500 ± 11.2 m and many fresh crevasses in the surging zone. The maximum velocity was 1100 m a−1 during the active surge phase, which is much smaller than those observed in Karakoram but similar to observations in West Kunlun.

scholarly journals Facilitation stabilizes moisture-controlled alpine juniper shrublines in the central Tibetan Plateau

2015 ◽  
Vol 132 ◽  
pp. 20-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yafeng Wang ◽  
Eryuan Liang ◽  
Aaron M. Ellison ◽  
Xiaoming Lu ◽  
J. Julio Camarero
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Central Tibetan Plateau
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