Gravel deposits on the margins of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, and their environmental significance

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 159-170

  Liu, Tungsheng ^a   Ding, Menglin ^b   Derbyshire, Edward ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; GOBI DESERT GRAVEL; GRAVEL DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY GRAVEL; TECTONICS; XIYU FORMATION;

CHINA, QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU, KUNLUN MOUNTAIN; CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU, QILAN MOUNTAIN; CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU, TIAHSNAHN MOUNTAIN; CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU, TIANSHAN MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0029751056     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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