Right now I am working on a project with the Bogota Water Company. This company is in charge of water supply for the entire city of Bogotá. The water is taken from Chuza River basin, that is located in Chingaza's paramo. Paramo ecosystems are intertropical montane ecosistems located between 3200 meters above sea level and 4000 meters above sea level, with temperatures ranging between 2C and 17C, the mean annual temperature is 10C. In Colombia, all paramos are located on old glacial landscapes .
The project is about understanding what could happen with the water supply under global warming conditions.
From some fieldwork observations as well as aerial photographs interpretation, I could infer that glacial deposits offer the mot suitable geoforms for water catchment, and water infiltration. Glacial deposits have a high rugosity which is evidenced by the presence of a lot of depressions that concentrates water in small and swallow lakes similar to wetlands. I would like to produce a model, that gives me the water catchment susceptibility and water infiltration susceptibility in terms of geomorphology.
In order to solve this issue, I would like to know if anyone can help me with articles, techniques, methodologies regarding the evolution of glacial and periglacial geoforms under global warming, and regarding the relationship between glacial geoforms and water catchment, as well as glacial geoforms and water infiltration.
I would appreciate any information,
Kind Regards,
Diana Lozano
Statistical estimation and generalized additive modeling of rock glacier distribution in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, United States
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First published: 27 March 2007Full publication history
u can study more here:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2006JF000528/full
good luck
Thank you so much, it looks really interesting I will read it and let you know! :)
Here is my article about glacial forms and disasters, hope it could be useful
Thank you Dmitry even though my study area doesn't have any permafrost that can generate thermokarst morphology.
thanks!