The late Pleistocene glaciation in the Bogchigir Valleys (Pamir, Tajikistan) based on 10Be surface exposure dating

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 590-597

  Röhringer, Ines ^a   Zech, Roland ^b   Abramowski, Uwe ^a   Sosin, Pjotr ^c   Aldahan, Ala ^d   Kubik, Peter W ^e   Zöller, Ludwig ^a   Zech, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Tajik Academy of Agriculture   (Tajikistan)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclides; Monsoon; Paleoclimate; Quaternary; Westerlies

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATES; QUATERNARY; WESTERLIES;

ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE MODELING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; MOISTURE; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUATERNARY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WESTERLY;

PAMIRS; TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 84867999716     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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