Large‐scale climatic factors driving glacier recession in the Greater Caucasus, 20th–21st century
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DOI: 10.1002/joc.6101
Abstract: Over the past 30 years, there has been a catastrophic reduction of the glacierized area in the mountains of the Greater Caucasus, with the values reaching 0.69% per year. Physical mechanisms accountable for such intense melting… read more here.
Keywords: climatic factors; greater caucasus; scale climatic; moisture ... See more keywords
Velocities of Present-Day Horizontal Movements in the Central Sector of the Greater Caucasus according to GPS Observations and Their Relation to Tectonics and the Deep Structure of the Earth’s Crust
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DOI: 10.1134/s1028334x18070279
Abstract: The results of the first GPS measurements along the geophysical profile that intersects all major geological structures of the Osetiya region of the Greater Caucasus are presented. The results of the measurements are interpreted in… read more here.
Keywords: tectonics; deep structure; greater caucasus; earth ... See more keywords
The Zirconometry and Thermochronology of Migmatized Gneisses of the Gondaray Metamorphic Complex (Greater Caucasus)
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DOI: 10.3103/s014587522005004x
Abstract: The results of the isotope dating of the crystalline basement of the Greater Caucasus (the Elbrus subzone of the Main Caucasus Range) within of the high-temperature gneiss–migmatite area of the Gondaray metamorphic complex is discussed.… read more here.
Keywords: zircon; metamorphic complex; gondaray metamorphic; age ... See more keywords