AMS radiocarbon dating of late Quaternary glacial landforms, source of the Urumqi River, Tien Shan - a pilot study of 14C dating on inorganic carbon

Quaternary International

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-107

  Yi, Chaolu ^a,b   Liu, Kexin ^c   Cui, Zhijiu ^c   Jiao, Keqin ^d   Yao, Tandong ^a   He, Yuanqing ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORM; INORGANIC CARBON; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 2442716760     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2004.01.026     Document Type: Article

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