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1 WORLD GLACIER INVENTORY WORKSHOP/ATELIER INVENTAIRE MONDIAL DES GLACIERS IAHS-AISH Publication No. 126 Proceedings of the Workshop at Riederalp, Switzerland, 17^22 September 1978, organized by the Temporary Technical Secretariat for the World Glacier Inventory Actes de l'atelier de Riederalp, Suisse, septembre 1978, organisé par le Secrétariat Technique Temporaire pour l'inventaire mondial des Glaciers

2 Published by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences Typeset and printed by Adlard & Son Ltd, Bartholomew Press, Dorking, Surrey, UK. The selection and presentation of material and the opinions expressed in this publication are the responsibility of the authors concerned and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publishers.

3 Table of contents Table des matières Preface v Préface vli List of participants - Liste des participants xi Introduction to the world glacier inventory F. Mûller and K. Scherler xiii East-west and north-south snow line gradients in the northern Patagonian Andes, Argentina /. Rabassa, S. Rubulis and A. Brandani 1 Glaciers and glaciolithic systems of the Central Andes A. E. Corte 11 The glacier inventory of Bolivia E. Jordan, C. Brockman, A. Fernandez, R. Alvarez and K. Jacobsen 25 Perennial ice masses of the Sierra Nevada, California W, B. Raub, A. Post, C. S. Brown andm. F.Meier 33 The inventory of Canadian glaciers: procedures, techniques, progress and applications C. S. L. Ommanney 35 A preliminary inventory of Alaskan glaciers A. Post and M. F. Meier 45 Hydrological basins in West Greenland and their relationship to a preliminary sectorial division of the Inland Ice sheet A. Weidick 49 West Greenland outlet glaciers: an inventory of the major iceberg producers R. C. Kollmeyer 57 Some problems of glacier inventory in the Himalayas C. P. Vohra 67 Present and late Pleistocene equilibrium line altitudes in the Mt Everest region an application of the glacier inventory F. Mutter 75 Glacier inventory of the Dudh Kosi region, East Nepal K. Higuchi, H. Fushimi, T. Ohata, S. Takenaka, S. Ixvata, K. Yokoyama, H. Higuchi, A. Nagoshi and T. lozawa 95 Material for a glacier inventory of the Indus drainage basin - the Nanga Parbat massif W. Kick 105 Distribution, features and variations of glaciers in China Shih Ya-feng, Hsieh Tze-chu, Cheng Pen-hsing and Li Chi-chun 111 Recent research on the distribution and fluctuations of the glaciers in Chilien Shan Hsieh Tze-chu and Fei Ching-shen 117 Recent research on glaciers on the Chinghai-Tibet Plateau Li Chi-chun and Cheng Pen-hsing 121 Problems and resalts of studies of mountain glaciers in the Soviet Union V. M. Kotlyakov 129 Utilization of glacier inventory in the USSR Water Cadastre V. F. Suslov 139 Studies of glacier fluctuations in the USSR K. G. Makarevich 143 Special problems of glacier inventory in Afghanistan J. F. Shroder, Jr 149 Present glaciation in Turkey A. Kurter and K. Sungur 155 IX

4 x Contents The Scandinavian glacier inventory - two glacier atlases G, 0strem and TV. Haakensen 161 The problems of the perennial snow patches in the Polish Tatra Mountains Maria Ktapa 173 The Austrian glacier inventory: status and first results G.Patzelt 181 Some comments on the Swiss glacier inventory F. Millier and K. Scherler 185 The French glacier inventory (abstract only) J. L. Edouard and R, Vivian 195 Mountain glaciers in the Mediterranean area and in Africa B. Messerli 197 The glaciers of East Africa /. A. T. Young 213 Glacier snow line variations in the Southern Alps, New Zealand T. J. Chinn and I. E. Whitehouse 219 The problem of a glacier inventory of Antarctica Charles Swithinbank 229 Glacier balances in the Dry Valleys area, Victoria Land, Antarctica T. J. Chinn 237 Recent secular variations of snow and sea ice cover G. J. Kukla and J. Gavin 249 The cross sectional shape of glacier and stream vaeeys W. Ornstein 259 On the parameterization of glacier equilibrium line altitude R. J, Braithwaite and F. Mutter 263 Can the linear balance model be extended to the whole Alps? L. Reynaud 27 3 Rock glaciers: glacial and non-glacial origins P. G. Johnson 285 Climatic background to some glacier fluctuations U. Radok 295 On the effect of topographic orientation on the variations of glacier length P. Kasser 305 Use of the data of glacier inventories for compilation of the World Atlas of Snow and Ice Resources N. N. Dreyer and V. M. Kotlyakov 313 The use of Landsat digital information for assessing glacier inventory parameters D. C. Rundquist, S. G. Collins, R. B. Barnes, D. E. Bussom, S, A. Samson and J. S. Peake 321 Satellite image atlas of glaciers /. G. Ferrigno and R. S. Williams, Jr 333 A satellite mosaic of the Greenland ice sheet D. R. Wiesnet 343 Report on the final session of the Workshop 349

5 OTHER SNOW AND ICE TITLES PUBLISHED BY IAHS Proceedings and Reports General Assembly of Berkeley August 1963 Commission of Snow and Ice Publ. no. 61 (1963), price $6 International Symposium on Scientific Aspects of Snow and Ice A valanches April 1965, Davos. Reports and Discussions Publ. no. 69 (1966), price $10 or 42F General Assembly of Bern. 25 September- 7 October 1967 Snow and Ice. Reports and Discussions Publ. no. 79 (1968), price $15 or 62F International Symposium on Antarctic Glaciological Exploration (ISAGE). Hanover, New Hampshire, 3-7 September 1968 Publ. no. 86 (1970), price $15 or 62F Symposium on the Hydrology of Glaciers. Cambridge 1969 Publ. no. 95 (1973), price $10 or 42F Snow and Ice. Proceedings of the Moscow Symposium, August 1971 Publ. no. 104 (1975), price $32 Role of Snow and Ice in Hydrology. Proceedings of the Banff Symposia, September 1972 Vols 1 and 2 Publ. no. 107 (1973), price $20 or 90F (co-edition IAHS/UNESCO/WMO) Snow Mechanics. Proceedings of the Grindelwald Symposium, April 1974 Publ. no. 114 (1975), price $40 Isotopes and Impurities in Snow and Ice. Proceedings of the Grenoble Symposium, August-September 1975 Publ. no. 118 (1977), price $35 Sea Ice - Processes and Models. Proceedings of the Seattle Symposium, September 1977 Publ.no. 124(1979) (co-edition IAHS/AIDJEX) Series on Snow and Ice co-edition IAHS/UNESCO Fluctuation of Glaciers (Vol. I) by Peter Kasser Data on variations in the positions of glacier fronts, selected investigations of glacier mass balance, also hydrometeorological data - mostly for mountain glaciers in temperate regions in Europe (1967), price $6 Antarctic Glaciology in the International Hydrological Decade (1969), price $2 Variations of Existing Glaciers A guide to international practices for the measurement of glacier variations (1969), price $2 Perennial Ice and Snow Masses A guide for compilation and assemblage of data for a world inventory of perennial ice and snow masses (1970), price $4 Seasonal Snow Cover A guide for measurement, compilation and assemblage of data (1970), price $3 Guide to World Inventory of Sea, Lake, and River Ice (1972), price $3 Combined Heat, Ice and Water Balances at Selected Glacier Basins. Part II. Specifications, Standards and Data Exchange A guide for compilation and assemblage of data for glacier mass balance measurements (1973), price $2 Fluctuation of Glaciers (Vol. II) by Peter Kasser Scope extended to glaciers in the Arctic and the Antarctic (1973), price $21 Fluctuation of Glaciers (Vol. Ill) Worldwide scope again extended and many of the data presented in the form of computer generated tables (1977), price $26 PLEASE SEND ORDERS TO: Office of the Treasurer IAHS, 2000 Florida Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA

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