Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and environmental changes

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 2117-2124

  Li, Jijun ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Tibetan Plateau; Uplift process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000608781     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03182692     Document Type: Review

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