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Glaciers of Georgia
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This book gives the most detailed and comprehensive insights into the morphology, morphometry and dynamics of glaciers in the Georgian Caucasus region up to date. It examines the variability of val...
This book gives the most detailed and comprehensive insights into the morphology, morphometry and dynamics of glaciers in the Georgian Caucasus region up to date. It examines the variability of valley glaciers after the Little Ice Age maximum and identifies glacial dynamics during historical periods. The reconstruction of glaciation in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene was conducted based on long lasting detailed glacial-geomorphological observations by the author. It further analyses moraine structures, river terraces, geodynamics of the relief, and snow and firn line locations derived from field surveys in most glacier basins in the southern and northern slopes of the Georgian Caucasus. A whole set of methodological approaches was applied including remote sensing and GIS, glacio-geomorphological, cartographical, aerial image processing and petrographic methods, unveiling accurate information about glaciers difficult to access, e.g., in the Abkhazeti and Tskhinvali regions.
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- Creator
- Levan Tielidze
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 3319505718, 9783319505718, 331950570X, 9783319505701
- OCLC
- ocn970606457
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Preface; Contents; About the Author; The Historical Overview; 1 Introduction; Abstract; References; Modern Glaciers of Georgia; 2 Main Factors of Glaciers Formation; Abstract; 2.1 Orography and Relief; 2.2 Climatic Conditions; References; 3 The New Inventory and General Description of the Modern Glaciers; Abstract; 3.1 New Inventory Data Sources and Methods; 3.1.1 Old Topographical Maps; 3.1.2 Landsat and ASTER Imagery and Glacier Area Mapping; 3.1.3 Glacier Delineation Error and Analysis; 3.2 General Description of the Modern Glaciers; 3.2.1 Glaciers of the Bzipi River Basin
- 3.2.2 Glaciers of the Kelasuri River Basin3.2.3 Glaciers of the Kodori River Basin; 3.2.4 Glaciers of the Enguri River Basin; 3.2.5 Glaciers of the Khobistskali River Basin; 3.2.6 Glaciers of the Rioni River Basin; 3.2.7 Glaciers of the Liakhvi River Basin; 3.2.8 Glaciers of the Aragvi River Basin; 3.2.9 Glaciers of the Tergi River Basin; 3.2.10 Glaciers of the Asa River Basin; 3.2.11 Glaciers of the Arghuni River Basin; 3.2.12 Glaciers of the Pirikita Alazani River Basin; References; 4 The Morphological Types, Exposition, Snow, and Firn Line Location of the Glaciers of Georgia; Abstract
- 4.1 Morphological Types of the Glaciers4.2 Exposition of the Glaciers; 4.3 Location of Snow and Firn Lines; References; 5 Dynamics of the Glaciers of Georgia; Abstract; 5.1 Dynamics of the Glaciers in 1890-1960; 5.2 Dynamics of the Glaciers in 1946-1960; 5.3 Dynamics of the Glaciers in 1960-1985; 5.4 Dynamics of the Glaciers in 1960-2014; 5.5 Valley Glaciers Reduction After the Little Ice Age Maximum; 5.6 Studying the Glaciers Dynamics by the Micro-stade Moraines; References; Evolution of Glaciations in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene; 6 Late Pleistocene and Holocene Glaciation; Abstract
- 6.1 Evolution of the Glaciers in Georgia6.2 Western Caucasus; 6.3 Central Caucasus; 6.4 Eastern Caucasus; 6.5 Southern Georgia's Highland; 6.6 Holocene Glaciation; References; Bibliography