Optical dating of Tibetan human hand- and footprints: An implication for the palaeoenvironment of the last glaciation of the Tibetan Plateau

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 16-1-16-3

  Zhang, David D ^a   Li, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; GLACIERS; ICE; LUMINESCENCE OF SOLIDS; QUARTZ;

ICE SHEETS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DATING METHOD; FOOTPRINT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIATION; OPTICAL METHOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0036522152     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gl013749     Document Type: Article

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