Cosmogenic nuclide constraints on glacial chronology in the source area of the Urumqi River, Tian Shan, China

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-304

  Li, Yingkui ^a   Liu, Gengnian ^b   Kong, Ping ^c   Harbor, Jon ^d   Chen, Yixin ^b   Caffee, Marc ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

10Be dating; Alpine glaciers; Asian glaciation; Landform evolution; Tian Shan

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; VALLEY GLACIER;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 79954550190     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1454     Document Type: Article

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