Early Holocene climate recorded in geomorphological features in Western Tibet

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 141-151

  Brown, E T ^a   Bendick, R ^b   Bourles D L ^c,e   Gaur, V ^d   Molnar, P ^b   Raisbeck, G M ^c   Yiou, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^e CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclides; Dating; Debris flow; Fluvial features; Karakorum; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; DEBRIS FLOW; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HOLOCENE; LAKE; PALEOCLIMATE;

CHINA; LAKE PANGGONG; TIBET;

EID: 0141750472     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00501-7     Document Type: Article

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