The mechanism of formation and degradation of the Chuya-Kuray ice-dammed lake

Authors

  • Pupyshev, Yu.S. 1
  • Pozdnyakov, A.V. 1
    • 1 Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academichesky ave., 10/3, Tomsk, 634055, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31951/2658-3518-2022-A-4-1532

Keywords:

ice-dammed lake, giant current ripples, Altai Mountains, paleoshoreline

Abstract

The results of the study of the stratigraphic structure, granulometric composition of the sediments of the ridge relief, the heights of shorelines and the water balance of the Chuya-Kuray ice-dammed paleolake (Altai Mountains) are presented. It is established that the ridge relief is an alluvial fan of fluvioglacial temporary watercourses. The magnitude of floods during the drainage of the paleolake reached 800-2160 m3/s.

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Published

2022-09-02

Issue

2022: №4 (SI:Paleo2022)

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