Late Quaternary landscape evolution in the Kunlun Mountains and Qaidam Basin, Northern Tibet: A framework for examining the links between glaciation, lake level changes and alluvial fan formation

Quaternary International

Volumn 154-155, Issue , 2006, Pages 73-86

  Owen, Lewis A ^a   Finkel, Robert C ^b   Haizhou, Ma ^c   Barnard, Patrick L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; XIZANG;

EID: 33747366184     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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