Geomorphology of anomalously high glaciated mountains at the northwestern end of Tibet: Muztag Ata and Kongur Shan

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-250

  Seong, Yeong Bae ^a   Owen, Lewis A ^a   Yi, Chaolu ^b   Finkel, Robert C ^c   Schoenbohm, Lindsay ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion rate; Geomorphology; Northwestern Tibet; Quaternary; Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides; Topography

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 56049109328     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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