Holocene glaciers in the Mongolian Altai: An example from the Turgen-Kharkhiraa Mountains

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-20

  Lehmkuhl, Frank ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Holocene glaciation; Little Ice Age; Modern glaciation; Mongolia; Mongolian Altai; Snowlines

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; GLACIATION; GLACIER; LITTLE ICE AGE; SNOWLINE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84860427218     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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