Landscape response to deglaciation in a high relief, monsoon-influenced alpine environment, Langtang Himal, Nepal

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2162-2176

  Barnard, Patrick L ^a   Owen, Lewis A ^b   Finkel, Robert C ^c   Asahi, Katsuhiko ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE (CRN); DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL FLUCTUATIONS; GLACIGENIC SEDIMENTS; LANGTANG KHOLA VALLEY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; MORAINE; TERRACE;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; LANGTANG VALLEY; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746890831     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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