Rock glaciers in the northern Japanese Alps: Palaeoenvironmental implications since the Late Glacial

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 471-484

  Aoyama, Masafumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Late Quaternary; Palaeoenvironment; Relative age dating; Rock glaciers

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; ROCK GLACIER;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 23144434021     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.935     Document Type: Article

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