The Extent and Timing of Late Pleistocene Glaciations in the Altai and Neighbouring Mountain Systems

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 967-979

  Lehmkuhl, Frank ^a   Klinge, Michael ^b   Stauch, Georg ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Late pleistocene glaciations; Mongolian altai; Russian altai; Snowlines

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959836995     PISSN: 15710866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53447-7.00069-6     Document Type: Book

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