The response between glacier evolution and eco-geological environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Based on the remote sensing survey and monitoring results of snow lines on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the authors analyzed the following eco-geological factors such as water resources, permafrost, desertification, wetlands, lake, geological disasters, sea-level rising, earthquake, etc., affected by the change of snow lines over the past 40 years, and discuss the response between glacier evolution and the eco-geological environment preliminarily.©2019 China Geology Editorial Office.

Keywords

• Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
• Glacier evolution
• Ecological environment
• Geological environment
• Response