Last glacial maximum climate based on cosmogenic 10Be exposure ages and glacier modeling for the head of Tashkurgan Valley, northwest Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-101

  Xu, Xiangke ^a   Hu, Gang ^b   Qiao, Baojin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic 10Be exposure dating; Glacier modeling; Last Glacial Maximum; Paleoclimate; Tashkurgan Valley

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COSMOGENIC; EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE BOULDERS; PALEOCLIMATES; TASHKURGAN VALLEY; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

LANDFORMS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATING METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE FLOW; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS BALANCE; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84884933653     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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