Kolka Glacier (Ossetian: Хъолхъа) is a glacier in North Ossetia, Russia, near Mount Kazbek, known for its surging properties. The most recent and the most powerful surge took place on 20 September 2002, resulting in the death of ca. 140 people.[1][2]
^"Collapse of the Kolka glacier". NASA Earth Observatory. 9 September 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
^"The 2002 rock/ice avalanche at Kolka/Karmadon, Russian Caucasus: assessment of extraordinary avalanche formation and mobility, and application of QuickBird satellite imagery" (PDF). nhess.copernicus.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
KolkaGlacier (Ossetian: Хъолхъа) is a glacier in North Ossetia, Russia, near Mount Kazbek, known for its surging properties. The most recent and the most...
a hanging glacier was responsible for triggering the Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide in 2002, which killed 125 people. "Glossary of Glacier Terminology"...
meet KolkaGlacier, a glacier in North Ossetia, Russia, near Mount Kazbek Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide, a partial collapse of the KolkaGlacier Kolga...
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flows in the gorge. In the upper reaches of the gorge there are two glaciers: Kolka and Mayli. It is located at altitudes from 750 m to 1200 m above sea...
530 feet). Kazbegi's other glaciers include the Mna, Denkara, Gergeti, Abano, and Chata. The recent collapse of the KolkaGlacier, located in a valley between...
published in the Journal of Glaciology in 2004 about his findings, The Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide of 20 September 2002: An extraordinary event of...
bulking ratio comparable with that of other events such as the September 2002 Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide (estimated ratio between 5 and 10), the November...
2016. Retrieved 22 May 2020. Ben Guarino (12 December 2016). "A Tibetan glacier mysteriously collapsed and killed 9. Now researchers offer answers". Washington...
film Messenger (director Sergei Bodrov Jr.) in the collapse of the glacier "Kolka" in Karmadon Gorge of North Ossetia. Officially, he is considered missing...
Miccadei, E. InTech Europe, ISBN 978-953-51-0361-5, 2012. Hättestrand, C., Kolka, V. and Johansen, N., Cirque infills in the Khibiny Mountains, Kola Peninsula...
ISSN 1944-8007. S2CID 129023294. Mitchell, Carla P. J.; Branfireun, Brian A. & Kolka, Randall K. (2008). "Spatial Characteristics of Net Methylmercury Production...
director Sergei Bodrov, Jr. and 42 film crew members were killed in the Kolka–Karmadon rock ice slide after finishing the second day of shooting on 20...
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