In the Mts. Tomur-Hantengri area, there are not only numerous enormous existing glaciers but also very rich remnants of ancient glaciers.
Investigations of glacial and interglacial stratification on the southern slope of Mt. Tomur-Hantengri area in 1973, 1974 and 1978 found that the remnants of ancient glaciers in early Pleistocene of this area are older than those of the Keketaibushuang Glaciation. According to field observations and the mineral,soil-chemical and spore-pollen analyses,the glaciati...