Himalayan glacial sedimentary environments: A framework for reconstructing and dating the former extent of glaciers in high mountains

Quaternary International

Volumn 97-98, Issue , 2002, Pages 3-25

  Benn, Douglas I ^a   Owen, Lewis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIATION LIMIT; LITHOFACIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION;

ASIA;

EID: 0036629905     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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