Landscape analysis of the Huang He headwaters, NE Tibetan Plateau - Patterns of glacial and fluvial erosion

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-226

  Stroeven, A P ^a   Hattestrand C ^a   Heyman, J ^a   Harbor, J ^b   Li, Y K ^c   Zhou, L P ^d   Caffee, M W ^b   Alexanderson, H ^a   Kleman, J ^a   Ma, H Z ^e   Liu, G N ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

Author keywords

Glacial history; Huang He Ice Sheet; Relict surface; River incision; Tibet

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; HEADWATER; ICE SHEET; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 56049103068     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.04.024     Document Type: Article

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