glaciers
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Evidence for Glaciation Prior to the MIS-6 in Southeastern Tibet
Southeastern Tibet is one of the most glaciated parts of the Tibetan Plateau, both now and in the past. The development of a provisional chronology of Quaternary glacial cycles in this area has been made possible by numerical dating of glacial deposits, with the oldest glaciation (Guxiang Glaciation) occurring in marine oxygen isotope stage 6.…
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Deadliest Avalanche Occurred In Tibet Claiming 9 Lives
A massive avalanche of the same scale of the largest ever recorded has occurred in Tibet last July narrow valley in the Aru Range of Tibet. The deadly avalanche according to reports have claimed nine human lives, 50 sheep, and 110 yaks in Dungru Village, about 185 miles from the county seat of Rutong in…