Measurement of the Retreat of Qori Kalis Glacier in the Tropical Andes of Peru
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The extent and volume of the largest outlet glacier from the Quelccaya Ice Cap (14°S, 71°W, 5200 m a.s.l.) has been measured four times between 1963 and 1991, once by aerial and three times by terrestrial photogrammetry. Drastic and accelerating retreat of the terminus and decrease of ice volume have been documented. The rate of retreat was nearly three times as fast between 1983 and 1991 as between 1963 and 1978 and the rate of volume loss was about eight times as great. These results are consistent with the behavior of tropical glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru and in the Ruwenzori Mountains and on Mount Kenya in East Africa.
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تاریخ انتشار 2016