Quaternary glaciation of Mount Everest

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 1412-1433

  Owen, Lewis A ^a   Robinson, Ruth ^b   Benn, Douglas I ^b,c   Finkel, Robert C ^d,e   Davis, Nicole K ^a   Yi, Chaolu ^f   Putkonen, Jaakko ^g   Li, Dewen ^h   Murray, Andrew S ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CEREGE   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^g University of North Dakota   (United States)

^h Earthquake Risk Assessment Department   (China)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC PATTERNS; FIELD MAPPING; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL STAGES; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; MOUNT EVEREST; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; TERRESTRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; MOUNTINGS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; MORAINE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OPTICAL METHOD; QUATERNARY; SLOPE; VALLEY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; RONGBUK VALLEY; XIZANG;

EID: 67349238767     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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