The Himalayan Cryosphere: Past and Present
Product code: SP462
Print publication date: 21/08/2018
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth and Solar System History, Palaeoclimatology, Remote sensing
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781786203243
Author/Edited by: Edited by: N. C. Pant, R. Ravindra, D. Srivastava and L. G. Thompson
Weight: 0.8kg
Number of pages: 216
Online publication date: 17/07/2018
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/462/1
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Special Publication 462
GSL and SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) co-publication
The Himalaya mountains contain not only one of the largest concentrations of ice outside the polar regions, but contribute to the hydrological requirements of large populations spread over seven nations. The exceptionally high elevations of this low-latitude cryosphere presents a natural laboratory and archives to study climate–tectonics interactions as well as regional v. global climate influences. The existing base-level data on the Himalayan cryosphere are highly variable. Several climate fluctuations occurred during the late Quaternary (MIS1–MIS5, especially the last c. 100 ka), which led to the evolution of the Himalayan landscape. Detailed studies of these archives, along with those of the present cryosphere and related hydrosphere, are essential for understanding the controls on present and future hydrology of the glacial-fed mountain rivers.
This volume, a follow-up of the XII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science, Goa (A SCAR symposium), provides new data from locales spread over the entire Himalaya region and from Tibet. It provides a glimpse of the late Quaternary cryosphere, as well as a discussion in the last section on sustainability in the context of geohazard mitigations as well as the hydrological budget.
PANT, N. C., RAVINDRA, R., SRIVASTAVA, D. & THOMPSON, L. The Himalayan cryosphere: past and present variability of the ‘third pole’
The Past
THOMPSON, L. G., MOSLEY-THOMPSON, E., DAVIS, M. E., PORTER, S. E., KENNY, D. V. & LIN, P.-N.
Global-scale abrupt climate events and black swans: an ice-core-derived palaeoclimate perspective from Earth’s highest mountains
MUJTABA, S. A. I., LAL, R., SAINI, H. S., KUMAR, P. & PANT, N. C. Formation and breaching of two palaeolakes around Leh, Indus valley, during the late Quaternary
SWAIN, A. K., MUKHTAR, M. A., MAJEED, Z. & SHUKLA, S. P. Depth profiling and recessional history of the Hamtah and Parang glaciers in Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Indian Himalaya
DUTTA, S., MUJTABA, S. A. I., SAINI, H. S., CHUNCHEKAR, R. & KUMAR, P. Geomorphic evolution of glacier-fed Baspa Valley, NW Himalaya: record of Late Quaternary climate change, monsoon dynamics and glacial fluctuations
The Present
AMIR KHAN, A., PANT, N. C., RAVINDRA, R., ALOK, A., GUPTA, M. & GUPTA, S. A precipitation perspective of the Hydrosphere-cryosphere interaction in the Himalaya
MITKARI, K. V., ARORA, M. K., MISHRA, V. D., GUSAIN, H. S. & GUPTA, N. K. Development of an operational algorithm for estimating snow-cover fraction
AGRAWAL, A., THAYYEN, R. J. & DIMRI, A. P. Mass-balance modelling of Gangotri glacier 99
TIWARI, S., KAR, S. C., BHATLA, R. & BANSAL, R. Annual cycle of temperature and snowmelt runoff in Satluj River Basin using in situ data
CHIPHANG, N., MISHRA, P., BANDYOPADHYAY, A. & BHADRA, A. Temporal variations in snow albedo at glaciated upper elevation zone of an Eastern Himalayan river basin
SOHEB, M., RAMANATHAN, A., MANDAL, A., ANGCHUK, T., PANDEY, N. & MISHRA, S. D. Wintertime surface energy balance of a high-altitude seasonal snow surface in Chhota Shigri glacier basin, Western Himalaya
Sustainability
OWEN, L. A. Earth surface processes and landscape evolution in the Himalaya: a framework for sustainable development and geohazard mitigation
ROWAN, A. V., QUINCEY, D. J., GIBSON, M. J., GLASSER, N. F., WESTOBY, M. J., IRVINE-FYNN, T. D. L.,
PORTER, P. R. & HAMBREY, M. J. The sustainability of water resources in High Mountain Asia in the context of recent and future glacier change
