The recent evolution of Liligo glacier, Karakoram, Pakistan,and its present quiescent phase

Liligo glacier, in the central eastern Karakoram, Pakistan, is a small, south-to north-flowing glacier situated in a transverse valley on the left (south) side of Baltoro glacier. New processing of satellite imagery enables a better quantification of terminus oscillations over the past 30 years. From the beginning of the 1970s to the beginning of the 21st century, Liligo glacier advanced about 2km (60ma–1). The progress was characterized by a significant evolution of terminus morphology, similar to that observed on the same glacier during the advance event near the beginning of the 20th century, and to those of many other Karakoram glaciers. This suggests indications of a surge-type mechanism. Field observations performed in 2004 indicated there was probably no confluence at that time between Liligo and Baltoro glaciers and that a quiescent phase had started in the early years of the 21st century.
 
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Christoph Mayer (Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities) - Claudio Smiraglia (Università degli Studi di Milano) (2011) . The recent evolution of Liligo glacier, Karakoram, Pakistan,and its present quiescent phase. https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/42c5b892-c041-455d-abc9-248ad5ef19d3
 

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by M. Belo1, Christoph MAYER,2 Claudio SMIRAGLIA,1 Andrea TAMBURINI3-1Department of Earth Sciences ‘Ardito Desio’, University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 34, I-20133 Milan, Italy; 2Commission for Glaciology, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Alfons-Goppel Strasse 11,D-80539 Munich, Germany; 3CESI S.p.A., Via Rubattino 54, I-20134 Milan, Italy
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Annals of Glaciology 48
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