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Grain Size Characteristics and Transport Pathways of Surface Sediments in Eastern Pamir Plateau
[Objective] The grain size characteristics and sources of surface sediments in the Eastern Pamir Plateau were analyzed in order to provide a scientific basis for improving the understanding of the sedimentary environment and ecological environment ...
Li Hanlin +3 more
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New ore-magmatic ring-type structure in the Muzkol-Rangkul anticlinorium, Central Pamir
Background. The minerogenic specialization of the Muzkol-Rangkul anticlinorium consists in industrial gemstone deposits of ruby, cordierite, almandine, aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, scapolite, etc. Large ore objects in this area are unknown.
A. K. Litvinenko, Sh. A. Odinaev
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Region-wide glacier mass balances over the Pamir-Karakoram-Himalaya during 1999–2011 [PDF]
The recent evolution of Pamir-Karakoram-Himalaya (PKH) glaciers, widely acknowledged as valuable high-altitude as well as mid-latitude climatic indicators, remains poorly known.
J. Gardelle +3 more
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The Permo-Triassic period marks the time interval between Hercynian (Variscan) orogenic events in the Tien Shan and the North Pamir, and the Cimmerian accretion of the Gondwana-derived Central and South Pamir to the southern margin of the Paleo-Asian ...
Johannes Rembe +6 more
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Geodetic glacier mass balance (1975–1999) in the central Pamir using the SRTM DEM and KH-9 imagery
Multiple studies on regional glacier mass balance in the Pamir Mountains have been conducted using the geodetic method, but they were rarely extended to the period before 2000.
YUSHAN ZHOU +4 more
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The Cenozoic collision between India and Asia promoted the widespread uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, with significant deformation documented in the Pamir Plateau and West Kunlun Mountains.
Dongliang Liu +14 more
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Transhumance in the Kyrgyz Pamir, Central Asia
Transhumance is a typical form of subsistence in the livestock industry that involves the climatic difference between lowlands and highlands. There are several types of transhumance but its most important factor is the natural difference in climate and vegetation between lowlands and mountain regions.
SHIRASAKA, Shigeru +4 more
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Nature's patchwork: How water sources and soil salinity determine the distribution and structure of halophytic plant communities in arid environments of the Eastern Pamir. [PDF]
The eastern part of the Pamir Mountains, located in Central Asia, is characterized by great climatic continentality and aridity. Wetlands developed in this hostile region are restricted to spring areas, terraces of shallow lakes or floodplains along ...
Monika Mętrak +6 more
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By male genitalia and external characters as well as by the mtDNA COI sequence, the species from mountain of Central Asia reported earlier as Mecyna lutulentalis (Lederer, 1858) now is identified as Mecyna salangalis Amsel, 1970.
S. Yu. Sinev, S. K. Korb
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Classification of tall-forb vegetation in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains (Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Middle Asia) [PDF]
Aims: To complete the syntaxonomic scheme for tall-forb vegetation of the montane and alpine belts in the Pamir-Alai and western Tian Shan Mountains in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan with some remarks on its environmental predictors.
Arkadiusz Nowak +3 more
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