Palaeoglaciology of Bayan Har Shan, NE Tibetan Plateau: Exposure ages reveal a missing LGM expansion

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 1988-2001

  Heyman, Jakob ^a,b   Stroeven, Arjen P ^b   Caffee, Marc W ^c   Hättestrand, Clas ^b   Harbor, Jonathan M ^a   Li, Yingkui ^d   Alexanderson, Helena ^b,e   Zhou, Liping ^f   Hubbard, Alun ^g  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayan Har; Exposure dating; Palaeoglaciology; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

BAYAN HAR; DATA SETS; DEGLACIATIONS; EXPOSURE AGE; EXPOSURE DATING; FIELD STUDIES; GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE DISPARITY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALAEOGLACIOLOGY; TIBETAN PLATEAU; UPLAND AREA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIERS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; PEBBLE; RECONSTRUCTION; UPLAND REGION;

BAYAN HAR MOUNTAINS; CHINA; QINGHAI;

EID: 79960078607     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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