Outburst floods of the Maly Yenisei. Part II – new age constraints from Darhad basin

International Geology Review

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 1753-1779

  Batbaatar, Jigjidsurengiin ^a   Gillespie, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolshoy Yenisei; cataclysmic floods; Darhad basin; glacial dams; Maly Yenisei; megafloods; Outburst floods; palaeolake Darhad; Sayan

Indexed keywords

DAM; FLOOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; OUTBURST; QUATERNARY;

DARHAD BASIN; HOVSGOL; MONGOLIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YENISEI RIVER;

EID: 84975229278     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2016.1193452     Document Type: Article

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