Age ranges of the Tibetan ice cores with emphasis on the Chongce ice cores, western Kunlun Mountains

Cryosphere

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 2341-2348

  Hou, Shugui ^a,b   Jenk, Theo M ^c,d   Zhang, Wangbin ^a   Wang, Chaomin ^a   Wu, Shuangye ^e   Wang, Yetang ^f   Pang, Hongxi ^a   Schwikowski, Margit ^c,d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^f SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BEDROCK; CHRONOLOGY; DEPTH; DRILLING; GLACIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE;

CHINA; DASUOPU GLACIER; GULIYA ICE CAP; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; RONGBUK GLACIER; XIZANG;

EID: 85050236879     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-2341-2018     Document Type: Article

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