Late Quaternary deposition and incision sequences of the Golmud River and their environmental implications

Quaternary International

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 48-56

  Chen, Yixin ^a   Li, Yingkui ^b   Zhang, Yue ^a   Zhang, Mei ^a   Zhang, Jingchun ^a   Yi, Chaolu ^c   Liu, Gengnian ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; VALLEY;

CHINA; GOLMUD RIVER; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79953683978     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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