Quaternary International, vol. 97-98, 2002

Special Issue on Late Quaternary glaciation in the high mountains of Central Asia.

Edited by L.A.Owen and Z. Shangzhe.

Table of contents:

Lewis A. Owen and Shangzhe Zhou
Preface. 1-2.

Douglas I. Benn and Lewis A. Owen
Himalayan glacial sedimentary environments: a framework for reconstructing and dating the former extent of glaciers in high mountains. 3-25.

V.B. Aizen, E.M. Aizen and S.A. Nikitin
Glacier regime on the northern slope of the Himalaya (Xixibangma glaciers). 27-39.

Lewis A. Owen, Ulrich Kamp, Joel Q. Spencer and Klaus Haserodt
Timing and style of Late Quaternary glaciation in the eastern Hindu Kush, Chitral, northern Pakistan: a review and revision of the glacial chronology based on new optically stimulated luminescence dating. 41-55.

S. Tsukamoto, K. Asahi, T. Watanabe and W.J. Rink
Timing of past glaciations in Kanchenjunga Himal, Nepal by optically stimulated luminescence dating of tills. 57-67.

Shuji Iwata, Chiyuki Narama and Karma
Three Holocene and late Pleistocene glacial stages inferred from moraines in the Lingshi and Thanza village areas, Bhutan. 69-78.

Yafeng Shi
Characteristics of late Quaternary monsoonal glaciation on the Tibetan Plateau and in East Asia. 79-91.

Benxing Zheng, Qinqi Xu and Yongping Shen
The relationship between climate change and Quaternary glacial cycles on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: review and speculation. 93-101.

Shangzhe Zhou, Jijun Li and Shiqiang Zhang
Quaternary glaciation of the Bailang River Valley, Qilian Shan. 103-110

Chaolu Yi, Xiaoze Li and Jianjun Qu
Quaternary glaciation of Puruogangrithe largest modern ice field in Tibet. 111-121.

Zhen Su and Yafeng Shi
Response of monsoonal temperate glaciers to global warming since the Little Ice Age. 123-131.

Tungsheng Liu, Xinshi Zhang, Shangfa Xiong, Xiaoguang Qin and Xiaoping Yang
Glacial environments on the Tibetan Plateau and global cooling. 133-139.

Chaolu Yi, Keqing Jiao, Kexin Liu, Yuanqing He and Yuguang Ye
ESR dating of the sediments of the Last Glaciation at the source area of the Urumqi River, Tian Shan Mountains, China. 141-146.

Zhijiu Cui et al.
The Quaternary glaciation of Shesan Mountain in Taiwan and glacial classification in monsoon areas. 147-153.

Xiaoping Yang, Zhenda Zhu, D. Jaekel, L.A. Owen and Jiamao Han
Late Quaternary palaeoenvironment change and landscape evolution along the Keriya River, Xinjiang, China: the relationship between high mountain glaciation and landscape evolution in foreland desert regions. 155-166.

Guangjian Wu, Baotian Pan, Qingyu Guan, Zhigang Liu and Jijun Li
Loess record of climatic changes during MIS5 in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China.