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 Intrest

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.

List of Publications
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.
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.
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.