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Cosmogenic radionuclide evidence for the limited extent of last glacial maximum glaciers in the Tanggula Shan of the Central Tibetan Plateau

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Patrick M. Colgan ,
Jeffrey S. Munroe  and
Zhou Shangzhe
Patrick M. Colgan*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401, USA
Jeffrey S. Munroe
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
Zhou Shangzhe
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, PR China
*
*Corresponding author. Fax: +1 616 3313675.E-mail addresses:colganp@gvsu.edu(P.M. Colgan),E-mail address:jmunroe@middlebury.edu(J.S. Munroe),E-mail address:zhzs@lzu.edu.cn(Z. Shangzhe).
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Abstract

Cosmogenic radionuclide (CRN) exposure ages provide evidence for the limited extent of last glacial maximum glaciers in the Tanggula Shan, central Tibetan Plateau. The most extensive advances occurred during or before marine oxygen isotope stage 6 (MIS-6) based on previous CRN exposure ages. The second most extensive advance occurred during or before MIS-4 based on previous ages and new ages of 41,400 ± 4300, and 66,800 ± 7100 10Be yr. A MIS-2 advance of less than 3 km occurred between 31,900 ± 3400 and 16,000 ± 1700 10Be yr.

Keywords

Cosmogenic radionuclideTibetan PlateauGlacial geologyPaleoclimatologyQuaternary Period
Type
Original Articles
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Quaternary Research , Volume 65 , Issue 02 , March 2006 , pp. 336 - 339
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University of Washington

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