QUATERNARY GLACIATIONS IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN PAKISTAN

KAMP, Ulrich, Department of Geography, DePaul University, 990 W Fullerton Parkway, Chicago, IL 60614, ukamp@depaul.edu

Glaciological and glaciomorphological studies in the high mountains of Pakistan reflect a long research tradition. A comprehensive review of the current state of research on the Quaternary glaciations in this region is presented: Hindu Kush (Chitral, Swat, Ghizar Region), Karakoram (Hunza, Gilgit Region, Rakaposhi, Haramosh, Baltistan, K2 region) and West-Himalaya (Nanga Parbat, Kaghan Region, Deosai Plateau). Until today the results about the extent and the glacial chronologies differ, and especially the reconstruction of a former glacier in the Indus valley is still in discussion. Nowadays improved dating methods allow to revise older scientific views, and new models try to explain asynchronous chronologies, like a 'shift' of the monsoon during the Quaternary as an important regional climatic factor.

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XVI INQUA Congress

QUATERNARY GLACIATIONS IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN PAKISTAN