Glacial geomorphology and paleoglaciation patterns in Shaluli Shan, The southeastern Tibetan Plateau - Evidence for polythermal ice cap glaciation

Geomorphology

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-78

  Fu, Ping ^a   Harbor, Jonathan M ^b   Stroeven, Arjen P ^a   Hättestrand, Clas ^a   Heyman, Jakob ^b   Zhou, Liping ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geomorphological mapping; Glacial landform; Polythermal ice cap; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; ICE CAP; PALEOCLIMATE; RELIEF; VALLEY GLACIER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SHALULI MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN;

EID: 84871705070     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.10.030     Document Type: Article

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