Late Quaternary glacier advances in the upper catchment area of the Indus River (Ladakh and Western Tibet)

Quaternary International

Volumn 154-155, Issue , 2006, Pages 87-99

  Damm, Bodo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; NEOGLACIAL; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; INDUS RIVER; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LADAKH; SOUTH ASIA; XIZANG;

EID: 33747440789     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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