Abstract
Abstract The Taiwanese high mountain range is not glaciated at present, and the modern theoretical equilibrium line altitude (ELA) was calculated at about 3950 ± 100 m a.s.l.. Large erosional glacial landforms are evidence for a high glacier surface elevation in the central parts of the mountain massifs at the maximum stage of the last glacial cycle, but corresponding glacial terminal deposits are still sparsely known and age control is weak. Luminescence dating from Hsueh Shan suggests the widest glacier extent during MIS 4 with an ELA depression of > 1000 m. Surface exposure and luminescence ages of glacial deposits in Nanhuta Shan above 3100 m a.s.l. indicate a subsequent Late glacial to early Holocene glacier advance with an ELA depression of 510–610 m.
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