Late-Holocene glacier variations in the frontal and inner ranges of the Tian Shan, central Asia

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-35

  Savoskul, O S ^a   Solomina, O N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Central Asia; Climatic variations; Glacier variations; Late Holocene; Lichenometry; Neoglaciation; Radiocarbon dating; Tian Shan

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDE; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER VARIATION; HOLOCENE (LATE); LICHENOMETRIC DATING; NEOGLACIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA, TIEN SHAN; ASIA, TIEN SHAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029773310     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600104     Document Type: Article

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