The onset of Neoglaciation 6000 years ago in western Mongolia revealed by an ice core from the Tsambagarav mountain range

• Main Authors: Herren, Pierre-Alain, Eichler, Anja, Machguth, Horst, Papina, Tatyana, Tobler, Leonhard, Zapf, Alexander, Schwikowski, Margit
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon 2013
• Subjects: 570 Life sciences; biology; 540 Chemistry; Ela; Ice cap; ice core
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7892/boris.46229; https://boris.unibe.ch/46229/

Glacier highstands since the Last Glacial Maximum are well documented for many regions, but little is known about glacier fluctuations and lowstands during the Holocene. This is because the traces of minimum extents are difficult to identify and at many places are still ice covered, limiting the acc...