珠穆朗玛峰东绒布冰川厚度测量与地形特征分析

冰川地形特征的研究是构建冰川流动模型的基础. 根据探地雷达获取的冰川厚度数据(2009年)和1∶5万地形图(1974年), 得到沿珠穆朗玛峰东绒布冰川主流线的冰厚度分布以及5条冰川槽谷的形态特征. 结果表明: 沿东绒布冰川主流线的平均表面坡度约为0.08, 平均厚度约为190 m, 最大厚度约为320 m (海拔6 300 m); 在1974-2009年间沿冰川主流线冰厚度平均减薄约30 m; 东绒布冰川表碛覆盖区与白冰区尚未分离, 目前很可能是一条停滞冰川, 冰川末端位于海拔5 540 m附近(下游方向); 东绒布冰川槽谷形态接近于V型, 而不是U型(b指数变化范围约为0.7~1.3).     

萨吾尔山木斯岛冰川厚度特征及冰储量估算

冰下地形与冰川体积的估算对冰川水资源研究具有重要意义.以萨吾尔山木斯岛冰川为研究对象,利用Landsat影像数据、探地雷达(ground penetrating radar,简称GPR)冰川厚度数据以及差分GPS数据,分析模拟了萨吾尔山木斯岛冰川横纵剖面的厚度分布特征,采用多种插值方法比较分析,得到木斯岛冰川冰舌区的厚度分布图,初步估算了该冰川的冰储量.结合数字高程模型数据及冰川厚度分布图,绘制了木斯岛冰川冰舌区冰床地形图.研究表明,两个横剖面的冰川槽谷形态存在较大的差异.横剖面B1-B2有典型的“U”型地形发育,冰川厚度可达116.4 m;C1-C2横剖面底部地形比较平缓,冰川厚度分布较均匀,平均在70~90 m.纵测线A1-A2冰下地形成阶梯状分布,纵剖面冰体平均厚度约为80.89 m,最大冰体厚度为122.67 m.木斯岛冰川的冰床地形图与该冰川的冰厚度等值线图形成明显对比.在海拔3 240 m和3 280 m处存在明显的冰斗地形地貌.初步估算木斯岛冰川冰舌区的平均厚度和冰储量分别为60.5 m和0.195 km3.与传统计算冰储量的方法相比,利用GPR测量得到的冰川厚度数据来插值计算冰储量的方法,具有更高的准确性.      

唐古拉山中西段冰川槽谷形态及其影响因素分析

冰川槽谷作为典型的冰川侵蚀地貌,研究其形态特征和影响因素有助于更全面地认识冰川发育模式和侵蚀特征。本文以唐古拉山中西段为研究区,运用V指数模型和地理探测器模型,分析探讨了区内冰川槽谷形态发育特征,并对其影响因素进行了研究。结果表明：冰川槽谷横剖面的V指数与幂函数b值在槽谷对称的情况下可以相互替代,且典型冰川槽谷横剖面的V指数介于0.20~0.43之间。研究区保存着“箱形”形态的冰川槽谷,其V指数具有接近于1的特征。区内冰川槽谷横剖面V指数<0.20的占比19%,V指数介于0.20~0.43之间的占比48%,V指数>0.43的占比33%,表明研究区内呈典型“U”形的槽谷数量最多。此外,北坡主要发育典型“U”形的冰川槽谷,占比高达60%,而南坡各种形态的槽谷数量相当。研究区内山谷冰川发育区、过渡区槽谷呈典型“U”形的占比最多,而冰帽发育区槽谷近似“箱形”的占比最多。应用地理探测器对影响冰川槽谷形态特征的因素进行评价,最主要的影响因素有冰川作用区面积因素和冰川作用正差因素,其次是岩性因素,再次是坡度和地形起伏度因素,最后是冰川性质和槽谷朝向因素。冰川作用区面积因素和坡度因素的交互作用对冰川槽谷形态特征的影响最为显著。     

青藏高原南部羊八井古仁河口冰川GPR测厚及冰川体积估算

2007年春季对青藏高原南部的羊八井古仁河口冰川进行了探地雷达(GPR)的冰川测厚工作, 获取了该冰川中轴线的厚度数据. 基于羊八井古仁河口冰川的测量结果, 对古仁河口冰川的体积进行了初步估算. 结果表明: 冰川的体积为0.0447 km3, 并结合雷达图像分析了冰下地形和冰川槽谷形态;冰川槽谷呈V字形状, 纵剖面由末端向上出现阶梯状起伏.     

西藏阿里地区嘎尼冰川厚度特征及冰储量估算

冰川厚度和冰下地形是冰川学研究中相当宝贵的数据。2018年5月,利用探地雷达（GPR）对西藏阿里地区喀喇昆仑山脉南部的嘎尼冰川进行了冰川厚度测量。基于ArcGIS中的地统计分析模块,运用Kriging插值方法对冰川非测厚区进行插值计算,结合差分GPS数据、遥感影像数据和地形数据,分析了嘎尼冰川横、纵剖面厚度特征,绘制了冰川冰下地形图和冰川厚度分布图,并估算了该冰川冰储量。结果表明：嘎尼冰川冰下地形存在空间差异,东支冰下地形起伏较大,西支相对平缓,冰川作用以下蚀作用为主,冰川面积为4.31 km²,平均厚度51.2 m,最大厚度出现在东支海拔5 970 m处,约为136.6 m,冰储量为0.218 km³。     

基于V指数的他念他翁山中段冰川槽谷形态特征及影响因素分析

冰川槽谷作为冰川作用区分布最典型的冰川地貌之一,对其形态特征及影响因素的研究,有助于揭示冰川发育的动力学过程。基于V指数模型及MATLAB半自动提取方法,分析并探讨了他念他翁山中段冰川槽谷形态发育特征及造成槽谷形态差异的影响因素。结果表明：研究区共发育206条冰川槽谷,大多为“U”形或偏“U”形,长4.5~26 km之间,平均宽度1.8 km,深200~500 m,海拔高度介于5 730~3 274 m。槽谷形态横向分布规律：V指数多为0.2~0.3,北东向发育V指数大于0.3的谷地多于西南向,说明东坡槽谷侵蚀程度强于西坡。V指数沿槽谷纵向主要有两种变化趋势：V指数增大,冰川槽谷横剖面“U”形发育特点逐渐增强;V指数减小,冰川槽谷横剖面“U”形发育特点减弱。研究区冰川槽谷发育以侧蚀为主,形态的差异性是冰川自身特性、冰川作用区地形与基岩岩性等多种因素共同作用的结果。其中,冰川作用区的平均坡度、平均地形起伏度与古冰川作用区面积是造成这种分布差异的主要因素。     

白马雪山冰川槽谷发育的形态特征及其影响因素探讨

白马雪山地处横断山脉腹地,对于重建西南季风影响区的环境变迁以及探讨冰川作用特点具有重要科学意义.这里保留着典型的晚第四纪冰川侵蚀地貌,其中冰川槽谷发育特征明显.本文运用抛物线形态参数、梯级宽深比、形态比率等定量分析冰川槽谷的研究方法,对保存在白马雪山主峰扎拉雀尼(5429m)东北坡的两条简单冰川槽谷的形态特征进行分析.采用7个典型剖面的形态特征参数与其他地区对比,探讨冰川槽谷发育的可能影响因素如水热条件、冰川性质、冰川规模、岩性特点、冰川作用时间等.结果显示:白马雪山冰川槽谷抛物线形态参数b值为1.779,明显小于冰川性质相同的螺髻山(1.835),主要是由于区域降水条件的不同所造成的差异,而与冰川性质不同天山乌鲁木齐河源区(1.825)冰川槽谷的形态特征的差异,可能与冰川规模、作用时间以及岩性条件密切相关;梯级宽深比中槽谷形态参数沿程变化可以反映冰川流动过程中的动力变化,梯级宽深比中的形态参数Af和Bf值最大处对应的谷肩位置接近雪线位置.根据槽谷谷肩的位置确定末次冰期早期/中期的雪线高度为4140m,这与用地貌法如冰斗底部高程法、侧碛堤最大高度法和冰川末端至冰斗后壁最大高度法等综合确定的雪线高度4092m基本一致.因此,在冰川槽谷发育的冰川作用区,用槽谷谷肩的海拔高度估算雪线高度可以成为一种比较可靠的确定古雪线方法;白马雪山的冰川槽谷形态参数b-FR的特征表明,即使是海洋性冰川作用区也不符合Hiran和Aniya提出的山地冰川模式,但运用b-FR相关关系可以很好的反映冰川的侵蚀过程.白马雪山地区冰川侧蚀作用导致槽谷坡降值较小,底部较平坦宽阔,呈现出相对完整的U型形态.此外,用形态比率FR值也可以验证雪线的位置高度.     

冰川槽谷横剖面定量化研究方法及其影响因素

冰川槽谷(“U”形谷)是冰川与下伏基岩相互作用的结果, 是典型的冰蚀地形, 对其定量化研究是了解冰川作用过程以及冰川槽谷演化过程的重要途径. 二次多项式(y=A+Bx+Cx²)和幂函数(y=ax^b)是定量描述冰川槽谷形态的两种较普遍的方法, 二次多项式可以描述冰川槽谷的整体形态且不需要考虑高程基准面的选择, 但是该方法不能用于槽谷间的比较且其只能较准确地描述接近抛物线的横剖面; 幂函数不但可以反映不同作用过程形成的谷地, 还能在不同横剖面间进行比较, 但幂函数在应用过程过会受到坐标原点选取、 对数变化、 后期堆积以及横剖面不对称的影响, 其运用过程更加复杂. 此外, 相同的幂函数指数b可能指示不同的槽谷形态, 形态比率FR的引入并与指数b结合起来使对槽谷形态的描述更加全面. 从冰川动力和外部环境方面出发, 影响槽谷形态的因素主要有冰川作用时间、 基岩的抗侵蚀能力、 岩性的分布以及裂隙、 冰量、 气候、 构造和冰川性质, 后三者对槽谷形态的定量化影响需要进一步进行探讨. 运用不同地区槽谷形态参数所做b~FR图探讨了山地冰川槽谷的发育模式, 发现山地冰川槽谷存在对应于两种不同冰川性质的相反的发育模式, 但是由于岩性、 气候等其他因素的影响, 造成了冰川槽谷发育模式有时出现了不对应的情况.     

冰川槽谷横剖面形态特征探析

基于对天山中、西部冰川槽谷的量算,并对比国内外不同匠研究成果,利用冰川槽谷横剖面的幂函数模型探讨了冰川槽谷的横剖面形态特征,研究表明,本区槽谷的ｂ－ＦＲ关系并不完全符合Ｈｉｒａｎｏ和Ａｎｉｙａ提出的山地冰川模式,而是有自身的形态特征,但槽谷剖面形态参数Ａ、ｂ之间具有明显的结性关系,并具有很强的普遍性,可以作为冰川槽谷横剖面形态的判别标准。     

念青唐古拉山扎当冰川冰储量估算及冰下地形特征分析

冰川体积估算对水资源以及冰川变化研究具有重要的意义. 但是实测的冰川厚度数据十分稀少,限制了冰川体积的估算. 2011年5月对念青唐古拉山北坡扎当冰川进行了雷达测厚工作,获取了该冰川的厚度分布状况. 基于该冰川的厚度数据,测量点的GPS数据,1970年的地形图和2010年Landsat TM影像,在ArcGIS技术的支持下,采用简单Kriging插值方法对冰川非测厚区域的厚度进行了插值计算,绘制出了冰川厚度等值线图并估算了冰川的冰储量. 结果表明：冰川最大厚度出现于海拔约5 748 m靠近主流线的位置,最大冰厚度为108 m,冰川平均厚度为38.1 m,2010年冰川面积为1.73 km²,扎当冰川的冰储量为0.066 km³. 将扎当冰川表面DEM与冰川厚度分布图相结合,绘制出了该冰川的冰床地形图. 结果显示,在冰川厚度大的区域,冰床地形呈现近V字形分布,这与其相对平缓的冰面地形形成明显对比;同时,在冰表地形较陡区域,冰川厚度不大,冰床地形呈现U形分布.     

Surface velocity monitoring of Skamri Glacier from 2018 to 2021 based on Landsat-8 images北大核心CSCD

Skamri Glacier is the largest glacier in China, and it is a surge-type glacier. The study on the charac⁃ teristics of glacial movement is of great significance for early warning of glacial disasters caused by glacier surge. In this paper, 20 pairs of Landsat-8 images from 2018 to 2021 were selected to extract the surface veloci⁃ ty of Skamri Glacier using optical image feature tracking method, analyze the uncertainty of velocity, and ana⁃ lyze the temporal and spatial changes characteristics of velocity of the glacier. The results show that there are ob⁃ vious spatial differences in the surface velocity of Skamri Glacier. During the period from January 2018 to June 2019, the velocity of the south tributary of Skamri Glacier is much greater than that of its north tributary（west）, while during the period from June 2019 to November 2021, it presents completely opposite spatial characteris⁃ tics, which is mainly due to the sudden increase of the velocity of the north tributary（west）in June 2019. Ac⁃ cording to the results of velocity changes from 2018 to 2021, it is found that the north tributary（west）surges in June 2019 and is still in the surge period until November 2021. The north tributary（west）glacier terminus will advance about 320 m towards the main glacier from August 2020 to September 2021;The velocity of the south tributary has been very large during the study period, and the maximum velocity reaches 441 m·a-1;The veloci⁃ ty of the north tributary（east）of Skamri Glacier increased sharply in July 2021, and the tributary may surge;The velocity of the main glacier of Skamri Glacier increased significantly after the confluence of the south tribu⁃ tary and the surge of the two north tributaries. In addition, there are temporal and spatial differences in the eleva⁃ tion distribution of the maximum velocity of the main glacier and its tributaries in this area. © 2022 Science Press (China). All rights reserved.     

Deep alpine valleys: examples of geophysical explorations in Austria

Results from geophysical explorations of three deep valleys, selected from different tectonic regimes in the Eastern Alps (Ötz-, Oichten-, and Drau Valley), are presented and discussed. Ongoing tectonic deformation may use tectonic structures related to these valleys. However, seismic activity is low there. During the Würm ice age, the thickness of the ice cover ranged between 300 and 1,500 m above present ground elevation. The geophysical investigations comprised reflection seismology, gravity- and resistivity surveys. The maximum depth down to the erosional base of the valleys varies from ~340 to 700 m. Distinct layer packages of the valley-infill at depths greater than 250 m were termed “old valley-fill”. Geophysical parameters and a comparison with the reflection seismic image of an intermediate layer at the recent Pasterze glacier suggest that the top of the “old valley-fill” represents the glacier bed during the decay of the Würm glaciation. Deep erosion is not related to high basal shear stress. The confluence of tributary glaciers is apparently not a significant factor for deep erosion in our examples of deep alpine valleys. We conclude that deep erosion may be related to high water pressure at the glacier bed, supported by specific processes of tectonic weakening.     

Middle‐Late Pleistocene Glacial Lakes in the Grand Canyon of the Tsangpo River,Tibet

Many moraines formed between Daduka and Chibai in the Tsangpo River valley since Middle Pleistocene. A prominent set of lacustrine and alluvial terraces on the valley margin along both the Tsangpo and Nyang Rivers formed during Quaternary glacial epoch demonstrate lakes were created by damming of the river. Research was conducted on the geological environment, contained sediments, spatial distribution, timing, and formation and destruction of these paleolakes. The lacustrine sediments 14C (10537±268 aBP at Linzhi Brick and Tile Factory, 22510±580 aBP and 13925±204 aBP at Bengga, 21096±1466 aBP at Yusong) and a series of ESR (electron spin resonance) ages at Linzhi town and previous data by other experts, paleolakes persisted for 691~505 kaBP middle Pleistocene ice age, 75–40 kaBP the early stage of last glacier, 27–8 kaBP Last Glacier Maximum (LGM), existence time of lakes gradually shorten represents glacial scale and dam moraine supply potential gradually cut down, paleolakes and dam scale also gradually diminished. This article calculated the average lacustrine sedimentary rate of Gega paleolake in LGM was 12.5 mm/a, demonstrates Mount Namjagbarwa uplifted strongly at the same time, the sedimentary rate of Gega paleolake is more larger than that of enclosed lakes of plateau inland shows the climatic variation of Mount Namjagbarwa is more larger and plateau margin uplifted more quicker than plateau inland. This article analyzed formation and decay cause about the Zelunglung glacier on the west flank of Mount Namjagbarwa got into the Tsangpo River valley and blocked it for tectonic and climatic factors. There is a site of blocking the valley from Gega to Chibai. This article according to moraines and lacustrine sediments yielded paleolakes scale: the lowest lake base altitude 2850 m, the highest lake surface altitude 3585 m, 3240 m and 3180 m, area 2885 km2, 820 km2 and 810 km2, lake maximum depth of 735 m, 390 m and 330 m. We disclose the reason that previous experts discovered there were different age moraines dividing line of altitude 3180 m at the entrance of the Tsangpo Grand Canyon is dammed lake erosive decay under altitude 3180 m moraines in the last glacier era covering moraines in the early ice age of late Pleistocene, top 3180 m in the last glacier moraine remained because ancient dammed lakes didn’t erode it under 3180 m moraines in the early ice age of late Pleistocene exposed. The reason of the top elevation 3585 m moraines in the middle Pleistocene ice age likes that of altitude 3180 m. There were three times dammed lakes by glacier blocking the Tsangpo River during Quaternary glacial period. During other glacial and interglacial period the Zelunglung glacier often extended the valley but moraine supplemental speed of the dam was smaller than that of fluvial erosion and moraine movement, dam quickly disappeared and didn’t form stable lake.     

东昆仑山煤矿冰川雷达测厚及冰储量估算

基于2015年5月东昆仑山煤矿冰川冰厚测量资料,结合2015年Landsat8 OLI影像,利用Ordinary Kriging插值方法对冰川非测厚区进行插值计算,绘制了该冰川厚度等值线并对该冰川冰储量进行了估算。2015年煤矿冰川最大厚度为87 m,位于海拔4 952 m主流线附近,平均厚度为25.77 m,冰储量为0.0242 km³。利用煤矿冰川冰面地形图与冰厚度分布图,获得该冰川冰床地形图。结果显示,冰川上宽下窄沿山谷分布,冰床地形复杂,在冰厚较大区域,地形呈近“V”字分布,显示了冰斗冰川的形貌特征。     

Reconstructing the basal thermal regime of an ice stream in a landscape of selective linear erosion: Glen Avon, Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland

The Cairngorm Mountain area of Scotland is a classic example of a landscape of selective linear glacial erosion, with sharp contrasts in the intensity of glacial erosion between the deeply incised troughs and valleys and the undulating high plateau. This article examines the Quaternary development of Glen Avon, a 200 m deep glacial trough set within the high plateau of the mountains. Evidence concerning the aggregate basal thermal regimes of the topographically controlled ice streams that formerly developed in this area is reconstructed from the geomorphological record, including bedforms indicative of wet-based, sliding ice and of dry-based ice frozen to its bed. This mapping indicates that basal sliding was not confined exclusively to the troughs but extended towards valley heads and on to parts of the plateau adjacent to troughs. The extent of basal sliding appears to have been greatest beneath pre-Late Devensian ice sheets. Basal ice temperatures are modelled under steady-state conditions for the last ice sheet at c. 18 ka BP. Basal thermal regimes are predicted using a reconstruction of the preglacial relief and for the current topography of the area. Convergent flow of ice through the preglacial valley system appears to have been sufficient to induce basal melting and therefore to initiate valley deepening. This effect is enhanced when the model is run across the present topography. Comparison of results of the geomorphological mapping and the modelling reveals significant differences between the actual and predicted extent of basal sliding outside the main ice stream. The overall conclusion is that many ice streams in mountainous terrain are inherited from the locations of preglacial valleys, which serve to accelerate ice flow and promote frictional heating beneath ice sheets.     

东南极内陆格罗夫山地区冰厚及冰下地形特征

中国第30次南极科学考察队格罗夫山分队(CHINARE30, 2013-2014年)利用雪地车载深层探冰雷达在东南极格罗夫山地区开展了测线总长度超过200 km大范围、高分辨率的冰厚及冰下地形调查, 获得了哈丁山北部和萨哈罗夫岭与阵风悬崖之间详细的冰厚及冰下地形特征. 通过对雷达数据分析表明, 哈丁山北部区域平均冰厚为580 m, 最大冰厚超过1 000 m, 出现在该区域的东北方向, 而东南方向冰厚相对较小; 萨哈罗夫岭与阵风悬崖之间区域的平均冰厚为610 m, 最大冰厚超过1 100 m, 该区域槽谷发育十分成熟, 槽谷形态近似呈U型. 通过对雷达剖面影像的筛选和分析, 推测在格罗夫山地区可能存在2个液态冰下湖泊.