Late Quaternary glaciations in Far NE Russia; combining moraines, topography and chronology to assess regional and global glaciation synchrony

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue C, 2012, Pages 72-87

  Barr, Iestyn D ^a   Clark, Chris D ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Last Glacial Maximum; Moraine; NE Russia; Palaeoglaciology; Topography

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; CLIMATIC CONTROLS; DEM DATUM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE MASS; ICE SHEET; KAMCHATKA; LANDSAT-7 ETM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE QUATERNARY; MORAINE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OUT OF PHASE; PALAEOGLACIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SATELLITE IMAGES; SOLAR INSOLATION; VERKHOYANSK;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ASTER; CHRONOLOGY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; MORAINE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNCHRONY; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY GLACIER;

CHERSKY RANGE; CHUKCHI; CHUKCHI PENINSULA; KAMCHATKA; KAMCHATKA PENINSULA; KORYAK HIGHLANDS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; VERKHOYANSK;

EID: 84866135263     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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