Glacial geomorphology of the Altai and Western Sayan Mountains, Central Asia

Journal of Maps

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 123-136

  Blomdin, Robin ^a,b   Heyman, Jakob ^b   Stroeven, Arjen P ^b   Hättestrand, Clas ^b   Harbor, Jonathan M ^a,b   Gribenski, Natacha ^b   Jansson, Krister N ^b   Petrakov, Dmitry A ^c   Ivanov, Mikhail N ^c   Alexander, Orkhonselenge ^d   Rudoy, Alexei N ^e   Walther, Michael ^f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^e TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Altai Mountains; Glacial geomorphology; Paleoglaciology; Remote sensing; Western Sayan Mountains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948580280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17445647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2014.992177     Document Type: Article

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