Quaternary glaciations and glacial landform evolution in the Tailan River valley, Tianshan Range, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 358, Issue , 2015, Pages 2-11

  Zhao, Jingdong ^a,c   Wang, Jie ^b   Harbor, Jonathan M ^c   Liu, Shiyin ^a   Yin, Xiufeng ^a   Wu, Yunfei ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia; ESR dating; Glacial landform; Tailan River valley; Tianshan range

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LITTLE ICE AGE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; QUATERNARY;

CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; TAILAN RIVER; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84922941137     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.10.029     Document Type: Article

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