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Palaeoglaciation of Bayan Har Shan, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: glacial geology indicates maximum extents limited to ice cap and ice field scales

Heyman, Jakob ; Stroeven, Arjen P. ; Alexanderson, Helena LU ; Hattestrand, Clas ; Harbor, Jon ; Li, Yingkui ; Caffee, Marc W. ; Zhou, Liping ; Veres, Daniel and Liu, Feng , et al. (2009) In Journal of Quaternary Science 24(7). p.710-727
Abstract
Key locations within an extensive area of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, centred on Bayan Har Shan, have been mapped to distinguish glacial from non-glacial deposits. Prior work suggests palaeo-glaciers ranging from valley glaciers and local ice caps in the highest mountains to a regional or even plateau-scale ice sheet. New field data show that glacial deposits are abundant in high mountain areas in association with large-scale glacial landforms. in addition, glacial deposits are present in several locations outside areas with distinct glacial erosional landforms, indicating that the most extensive palaeo-glaciers had little geomorphological impact on the landscape towards their margins. The glacial geological record does indicate... (More)
Key locations within an extensive area of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, centred on Bayan Har Shan, have been mapped to distinguish glacial from non-glacial deposits. Prior work suggests palaeo-glaciers ranging from valley glaciers and local ice caps in the highest mountains to a regional or even plateau-scale ice sheet. New field data show that glacial deposits are abundant in high mountain areas in association with large-scale glacial landforms. in addition, glacial deposits are present in several locations outside areas with distinct glacial erosional landforms, indicating that the most extensive palaeo-glaciers had little geomorphological impact on the landscape towards their margins. The glacial geological record does indicate extensive maximum glaciation, with local ice caps covering entire elevated mountain areas. However, absence of glacial traces in intervening lower-lying plateau areas suggests that local ice caps did not merge to form a regional ice sheet on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau around Bayan Har Shan. No evidence exists for past ice sheet glaciation. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Less)
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keywords
glacial deposits, Tibetan Plateau, Bayan Har, glacial extent, palaeoglaciology
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Journal of Quaternary Science
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24
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7
pages
710 - 727
publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • wos:000271395000006
  • scopus:70350173013
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1099-1417
DOI
10.1002/jqs.1305
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English
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  abstract     = {{Key locations within an extensive area of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, centred on Bayan Har Shan, have been mapped to distinguish glacial from non-glacial deposits. Prior work suggests palaeo-glaciers ranging from valley glaciers and local ice caps in the highest mountains to a regional or even plateau-scale ice sheet. New field data show that glacial deposits are abundant in high mountain areas in association with large-scale glacial landforms. in addition, glacial deposits are present in several locations outside areas with distinct glacial erosional landforms, indicating that the most extensive palaeo-glaciers had little geomorphological impact on the landscape towards their margins. The glacial geological record does indicate extensive maximum glaciation, with local ice caps covering entire elevated mountain areas. However, absence of glacial traces in intervening lower-lying plateau areas suggests that local ice caps did not merge to form a regional ice sheet on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau around Bayan Har Shan. No evidence exists for past ice sheet glaciation. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.}},
  author       = {{Heyman, Jakob and Stroeven, Arjen P. and Alexanderson, Helena and Hattestrand, Clas and Harbor, Jon and Li, Yingkui and Caffee, Marc W. and Zhou, Liping and Veres, Daniel and Liu, Feng and Machiedo, Martin}},
  issn         = {{1099-1417}},
  keywords     = {{glacial deposits; Tibetan Plateau; Bayan Har; glacial extent; palaeoglaciology}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{710--727}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Journal of Quaternary Science}},
  title        = {{Palaeoglaciation of Bayan Har Shan, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: glacial geology indicates maximum extents limited to ice cap and ice field scales}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1305}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/jqs.1305}},
  volume       = {{24}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}