Present and late pleistocene equilibrium line altitudes in Changbai Mountains, Northeast China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-383

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Cui, Zhijiu ^b   Yan, Ling ^a  

^a LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changbai Mountains; ELA depression; Last glacial maximum; Pleistocene equilibrium line

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349430140     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-009-0373-9     Document Type: Article

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