Extensive glaciation in Transbaikalia, Siberia, at the Last Glacial Maximum

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 132, Issue , 2016, Pages 161-174

  Margold, Martin ^a   Jansen, John D ^a,f   Gurinov, Artem L ^b   Codilean, Alexandru T ^c   Fink, David ^d   Preusser, Frank ^a,g   Reznichenko, Natalya V ^e   Mifsud, Charles ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic 10Be exposure dating; Glaciation; Last Glacial Maximum; Optically stimulated luminescence; Transbaikalia

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LUMINESCENCE;

COSMOGENIC; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; TRANSBAIKALIA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MORAINE; VALLEY GLACIER;

KODAR MOUNTAINS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; TRANSBAIKALIA; VITIM RIVER;

CHARA;

EID: 84949661218     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.11.018     Document Type: Article

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