Toward a late Holocene glacial chronology for the eastern Nyainqêntanglha Range, southeastern Tibet

Loibl, David; Hochreuther, Philipp; Schulte, Philipp; Hülle, Daniela; Zhu, Haifeng; Bräuning, Achim; Lehmkuhl, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.10.034

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“…16 shows a comparison of the polymineralic IRSL (IR 50 ) and post-IR IRSL (pIRIR 290 ) ages and the quartz OSL ages for four representative samples. The pIRIR 290 ages are much older than the quartz ages, suggesting that the pIRIR 290 signal was very poorly bleached, which is consistent with the results showing pIRIR 180 ages are much older (>40 ka) than dendrochronological data derived from the eastern Nyainqentanglha Range (Loibl et al, 2015). The degree of bleaching of the IRSL (IR 50 ) signals is much greater than that of the pIRIR 290 signals, but still less than the quartz OSL signals.…”

Section: Comparison Of Quartz Osl and Post-ir Irsl Agessupporting

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Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions

Zhang

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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Section: Comparison Of Quartz Osl and Post-ir Irsl Agessupporting

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Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions

Zhang

et al. 2015

Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…As such, the tongue of an active glacier as well as Little Ice Age moraines, medial moraines and glacier foreland can be mapped (cf. Loibl et al, 2015). Furthermore, the front of the modern glacier terminus is visible as a convex feature and debris cover on the lower tongue is indicated by higher surface roughness (cf.…”

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Evaluation of TanDEM-X elevation data for geomorphological mapping and interpretation in high mountain environments — A case study from SE Tibet, China

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“…Loibl et al, 2015). Although these sites are about 30 km to the north of the boundary of the Eastern Himalaya region defined by the Brahmaputra river, their results are valuable and relevant to understanding the climate of the Eastern Himalaya and so included here.…”

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The ‘Little Ice Age’ in the Himalaya: A review of glacier advance driven by Northern Hemisphere temperature change

Rowan

2016

The Holocene

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Northern Hemisphere cooling between 1400 and 1900 in the Common Era (CE) resulted in the expansion of glaciers during a period known as the 'Little Ice Age' (LIA). Early investigation of recent advances of Himalayan glaciers assumed that these events were synchronous with LIA advances identified in Europe, based on the appearance and position of moraines and without numerical age control. However, applications of Quaternary dating techniques such as terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide dating have allowed researchers to determine numerical ages for these young moraines and clarify when glacial maxima occurred. This paper reviews geochronological evidence for the last advance of glaciers in the Himalaya. The 66 ages younger than 2000 years (0-2000 CE) calculated from 138 samples collected from glacial landforms demonstrate that peak moraine building occurred between 1300 and 1600 CE, slightly earlier than the coldest period of Northern Hemisphere air temperatures. The timing of LIA advances varied spatially, likely influenced by variations in topography and meteorology across and along the mountain range. Palaeoclimate proxies indicate cooling air temperatures from 1300 CE leading to a southward shift in the Asian monsoon, increased Westerly winter precipitation and generally wetter conditions across the range around 1400 and 1800 CE. The last advance of glaciers in the Himalaya during a period of variable climate resulted from cold Northern Hemisphere air temperatures and was sustained by increased snowfall as atmospheric circulation reorganised in response to cooling during the LIA.

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Toward a late Holocene glacial chronology for the eastern Nyainqêntanglha Range, southeastern Tibet

Cited by 20 publications

References 97 publications

Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions

Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions

Evaluation of TanDEM-X elevation data for geomorphological mapping and interpretation in high mountain environments — A case study from SE Tibet, China

The ‘Little Ice Age’ in the Himalaya: A review of glacier advance driven by Northern Hemisphere temperature change

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