Palaeoclimatic interpretation of a topographic profile across middle Holocene regressive shorelines of Longmu Co (Western Tibet)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 93-104

  Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a   Dobremez, Jean François ^b   Bourjot, Laurence ^c  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b Dynamique des Ecosystèmes de Montagne   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SHORELINE; LAKE LEVEL CHANGE; PALAEOCLIMATE; SHORELINE REGRESSION; TERRACE; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILE;

CHINA, TIBET, HIAMALAYA, LONGMU CO; CHINA, TIBET, HIMALAYA, LONGMU CO; TIBET, HIMALAYA, LONGMU CO;

EID: 0029751055     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(96)88700-1     Document Type: Article

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