Paleoglaciation of the tibetan plateau and surrounding mountains based on exposure ages and ELA depression estimates

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-41

  Heyman, Jakob ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ELA depression; Exposure dating; Glaciation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; ESTIMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ELA DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE DATING; GLACIATION; PRODUCTION RATES; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; MOUNTAIN;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84897953266     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.03.018     Document Type: Article

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