EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF ISOTOPE COMPOSITION IN THE GLACIERS OF THE SUNTAR-KHAYATA RANGE
Data of the experiment, which has been first carried out on and around the glaciers in the Suntar-Khayata range to determine contents of heavy hydrogen and oxygen isotopes, have been presented in the present paper. The annual air temperature for the time of ice formation has been reconstructed. It turns out to be 3–5 °С lower than the modern one. On the base of the obtained variations in the content of the heavy hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in the ice bodies, the rhythmics in climatic fluctuations that determine the development of the glaciers has been revealed, and its correlation with the evolution of other Siberian glaciers has been carried out.