Quaternary glacial history of the Central Karakoram

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 25-28, 2007, Pages 3384-3405

  Seong, Yeong Bae ^a   Owen, Lewis A ^a   Bishop, Michael P ^b   Bush, Andrew ^c   Clendon, Penny ^d   Copland, Luke ^e   Finkel, Robert ^f   Kamp, Ulrich ^g   Shroder Jr , John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING;

GEOMORPHIC MAPPING; MOUNTAINS;

GLACIERS;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; BOULDER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE SHEET; MONSOON; MORAINE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; WESTERLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARAKORAM; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 36849023397     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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