Cosmogenic radionuclide evidence for the limited extent of last glacial maximum glaciers in the Tanggula Shan of the central Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 336-339

  Colgan, Patrick M ^a   Munroe, Jeffrey S ^b   Shangzhe, Zhou ^c  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic radionuclide; Glacial geology; Paleoclimatology; Quaternary Period; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TANGGULA MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 33644598015     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.08.026     Document Type: Article

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