Late Quaternary glaciation in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 846-866

  Koppes, Michéle ^a   Gillespie, Alan R ^a   Burke, Raymond M ^b   Thompson, Stephen C ^c   Stone, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c William Lettis and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; STORMS;

KYRGYZ TIEN SHAN; LATE QUATERNARY GLACIATION; OROGRAPHIC THUNDERSTORMS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MORAINE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; QUATERNARY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; TIEN SHAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 42749093365     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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