First comprehensive overview of the glacial history of Tibet and High Asia

Excellent learning tool thanks to high-resolution satellite images and terrestrial photos

Compact summary of the last 40 years of research

Preface.- 1. Method.- 1.1. Preliminary methodological remarks.- 1.2. Methods in the sense of working techniques.- 2. Research areas.- 2.1. The glaciation of the Pangong Co area in WSW Tibet.- 2.2. The High Glacial outlet glacier of the Shyok Valley in connection with the Pangong Co outlet glacier on the western margin of Tibet.- 2.3. The High Glacial Indus Glacier in the middle Indus Valley at the western margin of Tibet.- 2.4. The actual, historical, neoglacial, and Late Glacial to High Glacial glaciation of Central Tibet .- 2.5. Excursus to the contradictory TCN datings as well as to to the lake ages on a 14C basis taken from the published literature - all in regard to the past glaciation of Tibet.- 2.6. Comparisons of tills and lakes from Central Tibet with those in Arctic glacial areas.- 2.7. The present to Holocene glaciation of the Purog Kangri, especially its western slope in the center of Central Tibet.- 2.8. The Last Glacial (Last Glacial and Stage 0 = Würm Ice Age, LGP, LGM, MIS 3-2) glaciation of Purog Kangri and its immediate and more distant surroundings in the center of Central Tibet.- 2.9. Further terrestrial evidence from the center of the plateau regarding the inland glaciation of Tibet during the Pleistocene ice ages including the last time during the LGP (Last Glacial Period, Stage 0-IV, MIS 3-2).- 2.10. The outcome of the field evidence regarding the High to Late Glacial glaciation between the northern slope of the culmination of Central Tibet at the Dogai Coring and the southern slope of its culmination at Pung Co and Nam Co.- 2.11. Cross-referencing ice-margin and glacier reconstructions from the Last Ice Age until the present with empirical findings of field research from other regions of High Asia not covered in this book.- 3. On the chronology of the prehistoric glacial ice cover.- 4. The overall picture of the maximal ice expansion in High Asia during the Last Ice Age.- 4.1. The height of the prehistoric inland ice surface in Tibet.- 4.2. The lack of cirques as evidence for a last inland glaciation of Tibet during the Last Ice Age (LGP, LGM, Würm Glacial).- 5. The palaeoclimatic significance of the Ice Age glaciation of High Asia.- 5.1. Modeling of the maximal ice expansion in High Asia for the estimation of precipitation conditions.- 6. The nourishment areas of the High Glacial, Late Glacial, and present glaciation of High Asia and the resulting ablation areas - a summary.- 6.1. The transformation of glacier forms, glacier budgets, and glacier types from the Last Ice Age to the present.- Index.