Last glacial snowlines in the Tibetan Plateau: An argument against an extensive coalescing icesheet

GeoJournal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 355-362

  Feng, Z D ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Last Glacial; Snowline; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION LIMIT; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIAL;

CHINA, QUINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0031712759     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006836909983     Document Type: Article

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