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Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and its environmental impacts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Dahe Qin ,
Tandong Yao ,
Fahu Chen ,
Tingjun Zhang  and
Xingmin Meng
Dahe Qin*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Tandong Yao
Affiliation:
Institute of Tibet Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100000, China
Fahu Chen
Affiliation:
MOE Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System, Research School of Arid Environment and Climate Change, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Tingjun Zhang
Affiliation:
MOE Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System, Research School of Arid Environment and Climate Change, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Xingmin Meng
Affiliation:
MOE Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System, Research School of Arid Environment and Climate Change, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address:qdh@cma.gov.cn (D. Qin).
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Quaternary Research , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , May 2014 , pp. 397 - 399
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