TITLE:
Glaciers Fluctuation over the Last Half Century in the Headwaters of the Enguri River, Caucasus Mountains, Georgia
AUTHORS:
Levan G. Tielidze, George Lominadze, Nino Lomidze
KEYWORDS:
Glaciers Dynamic, Glaciers of Georgia, Caucasus Mountains, Remote Sensing, Adishi, Khalde and Shkhara Glaciers
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Geosciences,
Vol.6 No.4,
April
10,
2015
ABSTRACT: The article considers the
variability glaciers parameters of Headwaters of the Enguri River in the years
of 1960-1986-2014. The headwaters of The Enguri Riverare located on the southern slope of the
Greater Caucasus, in Georgia. Detailed
morphologic and morphometric description of glaciers is given. During our
research, we used the topographic maps of 1960 and Landsat L5 TM
(Thematic Mapper) aerial images, taken
in August 1986 and 2014, and the
GPS data of 2014. In the mentioned study, except for the old topographic maps
and aerial images we used the climate information that we have collected from
Mestia weather station (Mestia is the regional center of Zemo Svaneti), which
is the only operating weather station in region. Along with the dynamics of glaciers
the course of the air temperature has been identified, mainly trends of mean annual and monthly air
temperatures for different periods 1961-2013,
1961-1986, 1987-2013 are made.
According to them, main reasons for glacier retreat areanalyzed.