The onset of Neoglaciation 6000 years ago in western Mongolia revealed by an ice core from the Tsambagarav mountain range

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-68

  Herren, Pierre Alain ^a,b   Eichler, Anja ^a,b   Machguth, Horst ^c,d   Papina, Tatyana ^e   Tobler, Leonhard ^a,b   Zapf, Alexander ^a,b   Schwikowski, Margit ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e INSTITUTE FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate; Holocene; Ice core; Mongolian Altai; Neoglaciation; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; HOLOCENES; ICE CORE; MONGOLIANS; NEOGLACIATION; RADIOCARBON;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LASERS;

ICE;

BASAL ICE; BEDROCK; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER FLOW; HYPSITHERMAL; ICE CAP; ICE CORE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; NEOGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84876342641     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.025     Document Type: Article

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