Pleistocene glaciations of Central Asia: results from 10Be surface exposure ages of erratic boulders from the Pamir (Tajikistan), and the Alay-Turkestan range (Kyrgyzstan)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1080-1096

  Abramowski, U ^a   Bergau, A ^a   Seebach, D ^a   Zech, R ^a   Glaser, B ^a   Sosin, P ^b   Kubik, P W ^c   Zech, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Tajik Academy of Agriculture   (Tajikistan)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE; MOISTURE; TECTONICS;

CLIMATIC COLD; PLEISTOCENE GLACIATIONS; SIBERIAN ANTICYCLONE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ADVECTION; BOULDER; ERRATIC; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; PIEDMONT; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; PAMIRS; WEST ASIA;

EID: 33646372717     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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