The High Glacial (LGP, LGM, MIS 3-2) southern outlet glaciers of the Tibetan inland ice through Mustang into the Thak Khola as further evidence of the Tibetan ice

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Geomorphologic Case Studies on the Current and Former Glacier Dynamics in High Asia

“…Corresponding OSLandTCN-overestimations are evidenced for S-and Central Tibet and the Karakoram (ibid.). Several authors, however, have dated end moraines at an only insignificant distance from the current glacier terminus in Tibet [27,28] and in the Himalaya [29,15]which the glacier has overthrust at an ΔELA of only 200 m and less against today before 20 up to 25 Ka (MIS 2) [23]. According to the position of the glacier-historical synchronity research since decades, this cannot be maintained anymore, because the global comparison shows a rather precise glacier synchronism also with regard to the dimensions of the glacier advances.…”

“…In the meantime this has been proved by more than 1000 TCN-datings from High Asia concerned here, which are inconsistent to such a degree that they do not indicate a coherent picture of the glacial glaciation (see below section 5), though the authors [13][14][15][16][17][18][19] have tried to obtain this, but in an inadmissible way with regard to the method. None of these authors considers the Quaternary-Geological data in hand concerning the maximum glacier extent [12,[20][21][22][23][24]. Because they completely ignore these empirical facts and they exclude the polyglacial development of their regularly much too high ages against the glaciological chronology; that means against a doubtless stratigraphy.…”

“…[39] in the Karakoram, of Seong et al 2009 [19] in the E-Pamir, Owen et al 2009 [15] on the Mt. Everest-N-side and Heyman et al 2010 [14] in the Bayan Har After Kuhle (2011b: 178-181) [23]:…”

“…1 Nos. 4,5,9,20,23) (Kuhle, 1987c(Kuhle, ,1988a(Kuhle, , b, 1989b(Kuhle, , 1990(Kuhle, , 1999(Kuhle, , 2005(Kuhle, , 2007a). In addition, the authors fail to consider the erraticboulders high above the talweg, and the thick ground moraine covers presented tens ofkilometres down the Rongbuk valley, so for example at 4350 m asl (Kuhle, 1988b) and at3950 m asl in the lower Rongbuk valley and its continuation, the Dzakar Chu.…”