Late Pleistocene glaciations in the Gissar Range, Tajikistan, based on 10Be surface exposure dating

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 369, Issue , 2013, Pages 253-261

  Zech, Roland ^a   Röhringer, Ines ^b   Sosin, Pjotr ^c   Kabgov, Hamdam ^d   Merchel, Silke ^e   Akhmadaliev, Shavkat ^e   Zech, Wolfgang ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c Tajik Academy of Agriculture   (Tajikistan)

^d Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tadzhikistan   (Tajikistan)

^e INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Cosmogenic nuclides; Paleoclimate; Quaternary; Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; INSOLATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE;

GISSAR RANGE; TAJIKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 84872008513     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.031     Document Type: Article

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