Late Pleistocene glaciers in Darhad Basin, northern Mongolia

Quaternary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-187

  Gillespie, Alan R ^a   Burke, Raymond M ^b   Komatsu, Goro ^c   Bayasgalan, Amgalan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Darhad Basin; Glacial chronology; Late Pleistocene; Mongolia; Paleolakes

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; DARHAD VALLEY; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HVSGOL AYMAG; MONGOLIA;

EID: 40949146489     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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