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Publication Title

Arctic and Alpine Research

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Publication Date

1979

First Page

267

Last Page

287

Issue Number

3

Volume Number

11

Abstract/ Summary

Historical records of the fluctuations of glaciers in the Himalayas and Trans-Himalayas date back to the early 19th century. Local and regional syntheses of 112 of these fluctuation records are presented in this study. The local syntheses deal with fluctuations of glaciers in Kanchenjunga-Everest, Garwhal, Lahaul-Spiti, Kolahoi, Nanga Parbat, Karakoram (north and south sides), Rakaposhi-Haramosh, Batura Mustagh, and Khunjerab-Ghujerab. Regional syntheses deal with the composite record and the differentiation of records by glacier type (longitudinal versus transverse) and regional setting (Himalayan versus Trans-Himalayan). In a gross regional sense Himalayan and Trans-Himalayan glaciers have been in a general state of retreat since AD 1850. Filtering of the fluctuation records with respect to glacier type and regional setting reveals that the period AD 1870 to 1940 was characterized by alternations in the dominancy of retreat, advance, and standstill regimes.

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Mayewski, P.A., & Jeschke, P.A. (1979). Himalayan and Trans-Himalayan glacier fluctuations since AD 1812. Arctic and Alpine Research, 11(3), 267-287.

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© Copyright 1979, Regents of the University of Colorado. http://instaar.colorado.edu/

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