Major Pleistocene and Holocene glacial episodes in the Khumbu region, southern side of Mount Everest (Nepalese Himalaya)

Abstract

Se amplía hacia la vertiente meridional del Everest la cartografía de la geomorfología glaciar realizada anteriormente por los autores en el sector tibetano de este macizo. Se distinguen cuatro fases glaciares principales desde el Pleistoceno a la Pequeña Edad del Hielo, con frentes morrénicos situados a las siguientes altitudes: 2.400 m, 4.330 m, 4.600 m, Y 4.926 m.The cartography of the glacial geomorphology previously carried out by the authors in the Tibetan region of this massif is increased towards the southern gradient of Mount Everest. Four main glacial phases are distinguished from the Pleistocene to the Little Ice Age, with frontal moraines located in these heights: 2.400 m, 4.330 m, 4.600 m, and 4.926 m.