Rototaeva Oxana
Researcher
Glaciology Department
Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Biography
ROTOTAEVA OXANA completed DEGREE: D.Sc. and working as Researcher in the department of Glaciology. RESEARCH AREAS: Caucasus, Pamir, Tien-Shan; beginning from 1982 till present – continuous annual glaciological monitoring of the reference glacier Garabashi (southern slope of the Elbrus mountain); surging glacier Kolka (Kazbek mountain) and the region of Karmadon catastrophe of 2002.
Research Interest
Morphology, regime and dynamics of mountain glaciers and regional glacier systems; modern glacier fluctuations and forcing factors; formation of glacier mass balance; processes of accumulation of chemical admixtures in glaciers;surging glaciers and glacier hazards.
Publications
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V.M. Kotlyakov, T.Y. Khromova, G.A. Nosenko, V.V. Popova, L.P. Chernova, A.Y. Muraviev, O.V. Rototaeva, S.A. Nikitin, N.M. Zverkova. Recent Glacier Changes in Mountain Regions of Russia // Мoscow, KMK Scientific Press. 2015. – 288 p.
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Kotlyakov V.M., Rototaeva O.V., Nosenko G.A., Desinov L.V., Osokin N.I., Chernov R.A. Karmadon catastrophe: what happened and what we should wait for in future // Мoscow: «Kodeks» Publishing House, 2014 .– 184 p.
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M. Shahgedanova, G. Nosenko, S. Kutuzov, O. Rototaeva and T. Khromova Deglaciation of the Caucasus Mountains, Russia/Georgia, in the 21st century observed with ASTER satellite imagery and aerial photography // The Cryosphere, 8, 4159–4194, 2014.
