中国冰川研究进展

• Published in: 地理学报（英文版） Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 401 - 410
• Main Authors: 刘时银, 王宁练, 段克勤, XIAO Cunde, DING Yongjian, HAN Haidong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Key Laboratory of Ice Core and Cold Regions Environment,Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute,CAS,Lanzhou 730000,China 2004; Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,Beijing 100081,China%Key Laboratory of Ice Core and Cold Regions Environment,Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute,CAS,Lanzhou 730000,China; Institute for Tibetan Plateau Research,CAS,Beijing 100029,China%Key Laboratory of Ice Core and Cold Regions Environment,Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute,CAS,Lanzhou 730000,China
• Subjects: Tibetan Plateau; China; Antarctica; ice core; glacier
• ISSN: 1009-637X

P9; Glacier inventory compilation during the past 20 years and modifications of that for the Eastern Pamir and Banggong Lake indicate that there are 46,342 modern glaciers with a total area and volume of 59415 km2 and 5601 km3 respectively in China. These glaciers can be classified into maritime and continental (including sub-continental and extremely continental) types. Researches show that glaciers in China have been retreating since the Little Ice Age and the mass wastage was accelerated during the past 30 to 40 years. Being an important part of glaciological studies in China,ice core climatic and environmental studies on Tibetan Plateau and in the Antarctica have provided abundant, high resolution information about past climatic and environmental evolution over the Tibetan Plateau and Antarctica. Except for different parameters recorded in ice cores relating to climate and environment changes on Tibetan Plateau, records from ice cores extracted from different glaciers show that the discrepancies in climat