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Topography and accumulation rate as controls of asynchronous surging behaviour in the eastern and western branches of the Western Kunlun Glacier, Northwestern Tibetan Plateau

Yongpeng Gaoa Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, People’s Republic of China;b School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Qinghai University of Science and Technology, Xining, People’s Republic of China;c National Field Science Observation and Research Station of Yulong Snow Mountain Cryosphere and Sustainable Development, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China;d Key Laboratory of Resource Environment and Sustainable Development of Oasis, Gansu Province, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-1463View further author information
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Pengbin Liangb School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Qinghai University of Science and Technology, Xining, People’s Republic of China;e Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Plateau Climate Change and Corresponding Ecological and Environmental Effects, Xining, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Miaomiao Qif Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xiaojun Yaod Key Laboratory of Resource Environment and Sustainable Development of Oasis, Gansu Province, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xinggang Mac National Field Science Observation and Research Station of Yulong Snow Mountain Cryosphere and Sustainable Development, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Jianxin Mug State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science/Tien Shan Glaciological Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Lintao Lib School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Qinghai University of Science and Technology, Xining, People’s Republic of China;e Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Plateau Climate Change and Corresponding Ecological and Environmental Effects, Xining, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Article: 2353112 | Received 17 Nov 2023, Accepted 04 May 2024, Published online: 13 May 2024

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