Quaternary glaciations recorded by glacial and fluvial landforms in the Shaluli Mountains, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 268-275

  Xu, Liubing ^a   Zhou, Shangzhe ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Moraines; Outwash terraces; Quaternary glaciation; Southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; OUTWASH; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHALULI MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN;

EID: 56049094588     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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