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Shri Ashtapad Maha Tirth - II
Table 1 Locations of glacier study sites, radiocarbon ages, tree ring evidence and estimated lichen dates 14C age (BP) Latitude/
No. 2a Calibrated NO Laboratory Description and significance for
Sampling in range
altitude Reference and olher type of ages Longitude Fig. 1 (year AD)
no. glacier advance
(m) Eastern Tanggula Mountains Page Glacier
32°/9501 1809, 1857-1888,1920
Lichen dates on three end 4200-4300 Li et al. (1986)
moraines: minimum age Eastern Nyaingentanzlha Mountains 30°18' 2 Rtioguo Glacier
940441 1920+110
200 BC-400 LZ Tree trunk toppled in lateral 3960 Li et al. (1986)
moraine: direct age 1740+85
80-540 LZ
Tree trunk toppled in lateral 3880 Li et al. (1986)
moraine: direct age 154085
340-660 ILZ Tree trunk toppled in lateral 3820 Li et al. (1986)
moraine: direct age 1822 AD
Lichen dates on an end
3640 Li et al. (1986)
moraine: minimum age Zepu Glacier
30° 18' 3
95°09' 1056+115 650-1250 | LB Detrital wood in end
3200 Jiao et al. (2005)
moraine: maximum age 580+130 1180-1640 HR-566 Tree trunk toppled in end
3300 Jiao et al., 2005; moraine: direct age
Iwata and Jiao,
1993 197+80
1510-1960 LB Tree stump toppled in end 3400 Jiao et al. (2005)
moraine: direct age 19080 1520-1960 1-16138 Fallen tree, broken by
2960 Jiao et al., 2005; moraine deposits: direct age
Iwata and Jiao,
1993 Bomi Glacier
29°46' 4
95°42' 1580- 1590,
Extreme growth reductions: 4000 Brauning (2006) 1860-1890
direct ages Arza Glacier
29°10' 5
96°48' 2980+150
1550 BC- GR Rotten wood buried in the About Li et al. (1986) 800 BC
lateral moraines: maximum age 1 3850 1820–100
40 BC-430 NU Tree branches buried in the About Wang and Fan
lateral moraines: maximum age 3835 (1987) 1813-1852,
Extreme growth reductions: About Wang and Fan 1884-1908, 1960
direct ages
3820 (1987) Laigu Glacier
29°20' 6
96°48' 1150+80
680-1020 NU Buried tree in lateral moraine: About Wang and Fan
direct age or maximum age 4000 (1987) Hengduan Mountains Lhamcoka Glacier
31°49' 7
99° 07' 1760-1780,
Maximum tree ages on
4150-4370 Brauning (2006) 1807-1820,
the moraines: minimum ages 1907-1920 Haiiuogou Glacier
29°368
101°57' 3080+80
1520 BC
Buried tree trunk in a glacial 2980 Zheng and Ma 1110BC lake depositional layer
(1994a,b) intercalated between moraines minimum age
Late Holocene monsoonal temperate glacier Fluctuations...
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