Cosmogenic nuclide constraints on late Quaternary glacial chronology on the Dalijia Shan, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 439-451

  Wang, Jie ^a   Kassab, Christine ^b   Harbor, Jonathan M ^b   Caffee, Marc W ^c   Cui, Hang ^a   Zhang, Guoliang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclide; Dalijia Shan; Glacial chronology; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DALIJIA SHAN; GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHEASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ISOTOPES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; QUATERNARY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84877102158     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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