Timing of glacier fluctuations and trigger mechanisms in eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau during the late Quaternary

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 464-475

  Ou, XianJiao ^a,b,d   Lai, ZhongPing ^b,c   Zhou, ShangZhe ^d   Zeng, LanHua ^a  

^a JIAYING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Glacier fluctuations; Late Quaternary; OSL chronology; Trigger mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ICE; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LUMINESCENCE; MOISTURE; QUARTZ;

GLACIER FLUCTUATIONS; LATE QUATERNARY; OSL CHRONOLOGY; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; QUATERNARY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

CHINA; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84901822212     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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