Ancient landslide-dam events in the Jishi Gorge, upper Yellow River valley, China

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 445-451

  Dong, Guanghui ^a   Zhang, Fanyu ^a   Ma, Minmin ^a   Fan, Yuxin ^a   Zhang, Jiawu ^a   Wang, Zongli ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient landslides; Dammed lake; Jishi Gorge; OSL dating; Radiocarbon dating; Upper Yellow River valley

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; LUMINESCENCE; RIVERS;

ANCIENT LANDSLIDE; JISHI GORGE; OSL DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING; UPPER YELLOW RIVERS;

LAKES;

LAKE EVOLUTION; LANDSLIDE; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHEAR ZONE;

CHINA; LAJIA; QINGHAI; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84901840951     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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