Late Pleistocene lake level fluctuations of the Nam Co, Tibetan Plateau, China

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 57-75

  Schütt, Brigitta ^a   Berking, Jonas ^a   Frechen, Manfred ^b   Yi, Chaolu ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Beach ridges; Chronology; Glacier retreat; Holocene; Lake history; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; FLOOD; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; ICE CAP; LAKE; MELTWATER; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NAM CO; NYAINQENTANGLHA MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 59849086617     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2008/0052S2-0057     Document Type: Article

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