Glacier fluctuations and climates in the Himalayas

Abstract

Glacier fluctuations during the Holocene in the Himalayas are compared with those in the world. Characteristics of glacier mass balance in the Nepal Himalaya, which belongs to the summer-accumulation type, are described. And the glacier fluctuations after the Little Ice Age in the Nepal Himalaya are discussed on the basis of variation of summer air temperature, which is the controling factor of glacier mass balance in this area.