Quaternary glaciations in the Verkhoyansk Mountains, Northeast Siberia

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-155

  Stauch, Georg ^a   Lehmkuhl, Frank ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dating; Geomorphology; Glacier; Paleoclimate; Quaternary; Siberia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIATION; GLACIER; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; KARA SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; URALS; VERKHOYANSK MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77954035480     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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