Quaternary glaciation in Northern Central Asia

• Main Author: Gillespie, Alan R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: четвертичное оледенение; палеоклиматические условия; палеогляциологические показатели; экологический прогноз; Центральная Азия; Ela; Ice; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: https://openrepository.ru/article?id=460242

In Central Asia, Pleistocene glaciations occurred in two climatic regimes: arid regions where annual precipitation was <150 mm, and more humid regions where it was greater. In the former, the precipitation controlled the ELA and size of the glaciers; in the latter it was temperature. Temperatures...