Quaternary glaciation of the Tashkurgan Valley, Southeast Pamir

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-72

  Owen, Lewis A ^a   Chen, Jie ^b   Hedrick, Kathyrn A ^a   Caffee, Marc W ^c   Robinson, Alexander C ^d   Schoenbohm, Lindsay M ^e   Yuan, Zhaode ^b   Li, Wenqiao ^b   Imrecke, Daniel B ^d   Liu, Jinfeng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic dating; Glaciation; Himalaya; Monsoon; Pamir; Tashkurgan valley; Tibet

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC DATING; GLACIATION; HIMALAYAS; MONSOON; PAMIR; TASHKURGAN VALLEY; TIBET;

ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; MORAINE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; QUATERNARY; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK GLACIER;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; PAMIRS; XINJIANG UYGUR; XIZANG;

EID: 84862260373     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.027     Document Type: Article

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