New findings concerning the Ice Age (Last Glacial Maximum) glacier cover of the East-Pamir, of the Nanga Parbat up to the Central Himalaya and of Tibet, as well as the age of the tibetan inland ice

Tibet and High-Asia

Auteur :
KUHLE, M.

Description :
The results presented on the glacial-geomorphological reconstruction of a maximum Ice Age (LGM = Last Glacial Maximum) glaciation in High-Asia concern 5 test-areas in and around Tibet. For the E-Pamir plateau and its mountains a covered ice cap is proved; a snow-line (ELA)-depression of 820-1250 m in relation to the present relief has been calculated. Modelling by means of those snow-line depressions and estimations of the precipitation provide ideas about surface heights, ice thicknesses and flow behaviour of the ice sheet. The hypothesis of a global triggering of the ice age by the uplift of the subtropical Tibet up to above the snow-line motivates the investigations presented here.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
GeoJournal, issn : 0343-2521, 1997, vol. 42, n°. 2-3, p. 87-257, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
1997

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Heidelberg, Springer