Relic permafrost structures in the Gobi of Mongolia: Age and significance

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 539-547

  Owen, Lewis A ^a   Richards, Ben ^b   Rhodes, Edward J ^b   Cunningham, W Dickson ^c   Windley, Brian F ^c   Badamgarav, J ^d   Dorjnamjaa, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Cryostratigraphy; Cryoturbation; Ice wedge casts; Luminescence dating; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

CRYOTURBATION; LAST GLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; PERMAFROST;

GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

EID: 0032464098     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(1998110)13:6<539::aid-jqs390>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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