Chronology of past mountain glacier fluctuations in the eastern Himalaya as context for industrial-age glacier recession

Aaron E Putnam1,2, Joerg Schaefer3, Summer Rupper4, Edward R Cook5, Karma Tsering6, Chhimi Dorji6, David Putnam7, Nicolas E. Young5, Tshewang Rinzin6, Pashupati Sharma8, Ananta Gajurel9, Paul Krusic10, Peter Strand11 and Laura Mattas11, (1)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, Orono, ME, United States, (3)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, New York, NY, United States, (4)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (5)Columbia University of New York, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (6)Ministry of Economic Affairs, Department of Hydro-Meteorological Services, Thimphu, Bhutan, (7)University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME, United States, (8)Ministry of Economic Affairs, Department of Hydro-Meteorological Services, Thimpu, Bhutan, (9)Tribhuvan University, Geology, Kathmandu, Nepal, (10)Surrey, BC, Canada, (11)University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, Orono, ME, United States