Critical approach to methods of glacier reconstruction in high Asia and discussion of the probability of a Qinghai-Xizang(Tibetan) Inland ice

• Main Author: Kuhle, Matthias
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Approach; Methods; Inland Ice; Glacier Reconstruction; High Asia; Qinghai-xizang (Tibetan); Ela; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/6074

This overview discusses old and new results as to the controversy on the past glacier extension in High Asia, which has been debated for 35 years now. This paper makes an attempt to come closer to a solution. H.v. Wissmann's interpretation (1959) of a small-scale glaciation contrasts with M. Ku...