Optical, Geochemical and Mineralogical Characteristics of Light-Absorbing Impurities Deposited on Djankuat Glacier in the Caucasus Mountains

Optical, Geochemical and Mineralogical Characteristics of Light-Absorbing Impurities Deposited on Djankuat Glacier in the Caucasus Mountains

Supra-glacial material, including light-absorbing impurities (LAI) such as mineral dust of crustal and soil origin, black carbon, algae and cryoconite, reduce the reflectance of snow and glacier ice. The reduction depends on the amount of LAI and their physical and chemical properties, which vary sp...

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Main Authors: Stanislav Kutuzov, Maria Shahgedanova, Viktoria Krupskaya, Sergey Goryachkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
light-absorbing impurities
mineral dust
spectral reflectance
albedo
glaciers
Caucasus
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/21/2993

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