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HERO ID
1287018
Reference Type
Book/Book Chapter
Title
The timing and style of late Quaternary glaciation in the La Ji Mountains, NE Tibet; evidence for restricted glaciation during the latter part of the last glacial
Author(s)
Owen, LA; Ma, H; Derbyshire, E; Spencer, JQ; Barnard, PL; Nian Zeng, Y; Finkel, RC; Caffee, MW
Year
2003
Publisher
Gebrueder Borntraeger
Location
Federal Republic of Germany (DEU)
Volume
130 (2003)
Page Numbers
263-276
Abstract
Moraine successions along the northern margins of the La Ji Mountains at the northeastern edge of the Tibetan plateau were mapped and dated using cosmogenic radionuclides (CRN). The glacial geologic evidence and the CRN dating show that glaciers existed in this marginal region of Tibet during the latter part of the global Last Glacial Maximum and during the Lateglacial. These data suggest that temperatures were low enough and/or monsoon precipitation was sufficiently high to support one or more limited glacial advances between approximately 20 and 10 ka. Nevertheless glaciation was limited to glaciers of
Keywords
moraines; chemical composition; absolute age; sampling; paleoclimatology; glaciation; Cenozoic; spectroscopy; Xizang China; Be-10/Be-9; equilibrium line altitude; ice movement; isotope ratios; Tibetan Plateau; atmospheric precipitation; Asia; alkaline earth metals; glaciers; beryllium; satellite methods; hummocks; elevation; inductively coupled plasma methods; stable isotopes; Far East; rain; mapping; China; metals; La Ji Mountains; glacial geology; temperature; isotopes; dates; Al-26; aluminum; remote sensing; Himalayas; Quaternary; geomorphology; radioactive isotopes; last glacial maximum; Landsat; glacial features; Holocene
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