A review of glacial sequences of the Kunlun Pass, northern Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary International

Volumn 154-155, Issue , 2006, Pages 63-72

  Liu, Gengnian ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyong ^a   Cui, Zhijiu ^a   Wu, Yongqiu ^b   Ju, Yuanjiang ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; NEOGLACIAL;

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

EID: 33747331176     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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