Reconstruction of the depositional environment upstream of Potanin Glacier, Mongolian Altai, from pollen analysis

This study analyzed pollen in snow pits dug in September 2008 and September 2009 upstream of Potanin Glacier in the Mongolian Altai Mountains, which is a summer accumulation-type glacier, to investigate the environment for recent snow deposits. The snow pit observations in both years were carried ou...

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Main Authors: Fumio Nakazawa, Keiko Konya, Tsutomu Kadota, Tetsuo Ohata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/035402