Paleoglaciation of Shaluli Shan, southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-135

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

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic exposure dating; Glaciation; Last Glacial Maximum; Monsoon; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC EXPOSURE; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SNOW;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ICE CAP; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

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

EID: 84873287405     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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