Quaternary alluvial fans in the Gobi of southern Mongolia: Evidence for neotectonics and climate change

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-252

  Owen, L A ^a   Windley, B F ^b   Cunningham, W D ^b   Badamgarav, J ^c   Dorjnamjaa, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Cryoturbation; Gobi; Mongolia; Neotectonics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NEOTECTONICS; PALAEOCLIMATE CHANGE; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY CLIMATE;

MONGOLIA, GOBI DESERT;

EID: 0031413863     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199705/06)12:3<239::aid-jqs293>3.0.co;2-p     Document Type: Article

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