A Pleistocene landslide-dammed lake, Jinsha River, Yunnan, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-80

  Zhang, Yongshuang ^a   Zhao, Xitao ^b   Lan, Hengxing ^c   Xiong, Tanyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DATING METHOD; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSLIDE; NEOTECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; RAINFALL; TERRACE;

CHINA; JINSHA RIVER;

EID: 79851514472     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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