Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 124-144

  Hu, Gang ^a   Yi, Chao Lu ^a   Zhang, Jia Fu ^b   Liu, Jin Hua ^a   Jiang, Tao ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Different grain size fractions; Glacial sediments; Luminescence dating; Partial bleaching; Southeastern Tibet

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CATCHMENTS; CLEANING; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; LUMINESCENCE SIGNALS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; SOUTHEASTERN TIBET;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BLEACHING; CATCHMENT; COOLING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MORAINE; QUARTZ; QUATERNARY; TILL;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 84938077048     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.018     Document Type: Article

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