A critical examination of evidence for a Quaternary glaciation in Mt. Laoshan, Eastern China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 403-416

  Kusky, Timothy ^a   Guo, Liang ^b   Xiang, Shibao ^b   Guo, Xiaoyu ^c   Xu, Xingyong ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Laoshan Tourist Administration   (China)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

^d FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Glacial landforms; Laoshan; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ARC-INFO; CIRQUE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIATION; GLACIER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MORAINE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; WEATHERING RATE;

CHINA; LAOSHAN; SHANDONG;

EID: 78449297416     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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