A late Pleistocene glacial chronology from the Kitschi-Kurumdu Valley, Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan), based on 10Be surface exposure dating

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-288

  Zech, Roland ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Cosmogenic nuclides; Glaciation; Monsoon; Paleoclimate; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; GLACIATION; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATES; QUATERNARY;

ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; SURFACES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ARID REGION; CHRONOLOGY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; GLACIATION; GLACIER; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRESERVATION; WESTERLY;

CENTRAL ASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; PAMIRS; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84857785830     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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