Cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al dating of paleolake shorelines in Tibet

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-273

  Kong, Ping ^a   Na, Chunguang ^a   Brown, Roderick ^b   Fabel, Derek ^b   Freeman, Stewart ^c   Xiao, Wei ^a   Wang, Yajun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclide; Exposure age; Lake shoreline; Monsoon; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SHORELINE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79955014387     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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