Kurums dating technique

Abstract

Four techniques of the kurums' dating are discussed, i.e. calculation, radiocarbon, lichenometric and based on proxy data, all but the last one define the minimum age of aurums. To increase the accuracy the several methods application is advisable. The recent Fkurums at the Far East of the USSR are demonstrated to be smaller and less important for the relief-formation as compared with the Late Pleistocene ones.