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Journal Article
JA0383-10
Article TitleClimate change and sediment flux from the Roof of the World
AuthorX.X. Lu, Shurong Zhang and Xu Jianchu
Year2010
Journal TitleEarth Surface Processes and Landforms
InstitutionJohn Wiley & Sons
Volume35
Issue6
Pages732–735
Call NumberJA0383-10
Keywordsclimate change; glacial and snow melting; riverine sediment; the Hindu Kush-Himalayas (HKH); large Asian rivers
NotesDOI: 10.1002/esp.1924
Abstract:
Potential rises in global temperature are likely to have major impacts on high altitude environments, including glacier recession and permafrost degradation. In turn, these could have far-reaching impacts on riverine sediment fl ux. Such impacts are emerging in the Himalayas and Tibet Plateau region, one of the world’s largest and most environmentally-sensitive cold regions. Closer monitoring is urgently required to track changing trends of sediment load from the interactions of glacial recession treat, rainfall changes and human interventions, and to study the implications of such changes for the large Asian river systems of the region.
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