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The Nourishment Areas of the High Glacial, Late Glacial, and Present Glaciation of High Asia and the Resulting Ablation Areas—A Summary

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Figures 4.1 and 6.1 summarize the book, focusing on the climatically most important test areas of High Asia . Figure 4.1 depicts the empirically reconstructed maximum glaciation that consists of both glacier nourishment and ablation areas.

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Kuhle, M. (2018). The Nourishment Areas of the High Glacial, Late Glacial, and Present Glaciation of High Asia and the Resulting Ablation Areas—A Summary. In: The Glaciation of High Asia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77566-1_6

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