The paleogeographic and stratigraphic confinement of giant floods in West Siberia in the Late Neopleistocene-Holocene

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-147

  Zol'nikov, I D ^a,c   Gus'kov, S A ^b,c  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b TROFIMUK INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Altai Mountains; diluvium; giant floods; Holocene; Neopleistocene

Indexed keywords

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; THERMOKARST;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA; OB RIVER; PAMIRS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 59149087526     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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