Late quaternary glaciations in northeastern Russia

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 545-558

  Stauch, G ^a   Gualtieri, L ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciers; NE Russia; Palaeoclimate; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUATERNARY; VALLEY GLACIER;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 53949122044     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1211     Document Type: Article

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