Holocene geomorphic processes and landscape evolution in the lower reaches of the Orkhon River (northern Mongolia)

Catena

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-28

  Lehmkuhl, Frank ^a   Hülle, Daniela ^b   Knippertz, Martin ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposits; Holocene paleoclimate; Luminescence dating; Mongolia; Paleosol; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BEDROCK; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LUMINESCENCE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL EROSION; TERRACE;

MONGOLIA; ORHON RIVER;

EID: 84863218974     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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