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Chapter 06
Climate and Study of Glaciers
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1*Cage (BP) and olher type of ages 158060
155080
1160+50
940 +50
540 +70
150+60
1900-1930
Yanzigou Glacier
Latitude/ No. 2a Calibrated Laboratory Description and significance for
Sampling range
altitude Reference Longitude Fig. 1 (vear AD) no. glacier advance
(m) 340-610 LB- Tree trunk toppled in the
2750 Zheng and Ma lateral moraine: direct age
(1994a,b) 340-650 LB-91004 Tree trunk toppled in the
3000 Zheng and Ma lateral moraine: direct age
(1994a,b) 710-990 IB- Tree trunk toppled in the
About Zheng and Ma lateral moraine: direct age
2900 (1994a,b) 1010-1210 LB Tree trunk toppled in the
2930 Zheng and Ma lateral moraine: direct age
(1994a,b) 1280-1470 LB-91010 Buried tree trunk by
2730 Zheng and Ma preceding debris flow or
(1994a,b) landslide: maximum age 1660-1960 LB-91014 Tree trunk toppled in the 2850 Zheng and Ma lateral moraine: direct age
(1994a,b) Comparison of topographic maps
Suetal. (1992) in different stages: direct ages 29°38' 101°54' 80-400 GX-17447 Willow trunk in paleosol 3850-3900 Smiraglia (1997)
between two tills: direct age 250-600 GX-17448 Willow trunk in paleosol 3850-3900 Smiragtia (1997)
between two tills: direct age 540-980 GX-17449 Willow trunk in paleosol 3850-3900 Smiraglia (997)
between two tills: direct age 1460-1960 GX-17453 Willow trunk in paleosol 3850-3900 Smiwgiia (1997)
between two tills: direct age 1520-1960 GX-17452 Willow trunk in paleosol 3850-3900 Smiraglia (1997)
between two tills: direct age 29°40' 10 101°59' 1030-1400 LZ Buried rotten wood in the till 3000 Zheng and Ma
(19«a,b) 30°30' 11 101°52 1280-1410 LZ Buried rotten wood in
3700 Su el al. (2002) the end moraine 1400-1640 LZ Buried rotten wood in
3900 Su el al. (2002) the end moraine
178565
161065
1305+110
235–110
145+100
Nanmenguangou
780 +90
Gongba Glacier
620 +40
440 +50
Central and Eastern Himalayan Mountains Zelongnong Glacier 1481134
29°38' 95°02'
250-900
2920
394 +83
1390-1670
LB-039
2950
Buried tree trunk in the lateral moraine Buried tree trunk in the lateral moraine Buried tree trunk in the lateral moraine
Chinese Academy of Sciences (1996) Chinese Academy of Sciences (1996) Chinese Academy of Sciences (1996)
287 93
1400-1960
LB-029
2950
Gyalaperi Glacier
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29°54' 94°53'
1760-1780, 1951, 1987
Maximum tree ages on the mo- 3780-3820Brauning (2006) raines: minimum ages; Trees broken by moraine deposits: direct ages
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Mount Paohanli Glacier Qubixiama Glacier Woguodidin Glacier
28°00' 88°30' 28°00' 88°30' 28°00' 88°30'
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Late Holocene monsoonal temperate glacier Fluctuations...
