OSL ages revealing the glacier retreat in the Dangzi valley in the eastern Tibetan Plateau during the Last Glacial Maximum

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 244-249

  Zhang, Biao ^a,b,d   Ou, XianJiao ^b,c   Lai, ZhongPing ^a,b  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c JIAYING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dangzi valley; Eastern Tibetan Plateau; Last Glacial Maximum (LGM); Moraines; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TILL;

CHINA; DANGZI VALLEY; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 84863782729     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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