OSL dating of glacier extent during the Last Glacial and the Kanas Lake basin formation in Kanas River valley, Altai Mountains, China

Geomorphology

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 306-317

  Xu, Xiangke ^a,b   Yang, Jianqiang ^a   Dong, Guocheng ^a   Wang, Liqiang ^a   Miller, Lee ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glacial erosion; Kanas River valley; Last Glacial; Numerical dating; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE RETREAT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 69749125008     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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