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Seasonality and spatial variability of dynamic precipitation controls on the Tibetan Plateau [PDF]
, 2016 The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is the origin of many large Asian rivers, which provide water resources for large regions in south and east Asia. Therefore, the water cycle on the TP and adjacent high mountain ranges, in particular the precipitation ...
Curio, Julia, Scherer, Dieter
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The Dark Star of Baisun-tau: a history of cave exploration in Southern Uzbekistan, 1990–2013 [PDF]
, 2014 Very little is known about the karst and caves in southern Uzbekistan, where some of the deepest caves in Asia have been discovered. In particular, the limestone plateau of the Baisun-tau mountain range has a tremendous potential for exploration.
Breitenbach, Sebastian +3 more
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From the Pamir Plateau to Ulupamir Village: Kirghiz Socio-Cultural Life and the Rhetoric of Space
bilig, Journal of Social Sciences of the turkish World, 2014 Kirghiz people are among the oldest communities of Turkish society. The Turkish Kirghizes, who migrated from Pamir Plateau to Pakistan and were temporarily settled in Malatya and Van and who were afterterwards settled permanently by the Turkish government in a newly constructed village in Ercis, Van, have been getting along with the locals of the area ...
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TPRoGI: a comprehensive rock glacier inventory for the Tibetan Plateau using deep learning [PDF]
Earth System Science DataRock glaciers – periglacial landforms commonly found in high-mountain systems – are of significant scientific value for inferring the presence of permafrost, understanding mountain hydrology, and assessing climate impacts on high-mountain environments ...
Z. Sun +11 more
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Journal of PetrologyAbstract Determining crustal melting in parallel with geodynamic evolution provides critical information on plateau crustal thickening and uplift. Here we investigate the timing and duration of crustal melting through in situ analysis of zircon U–Pb ages, trace elements and Hf–O isotopes, and whole-rock elements and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes for
Gong-Jian Tang +7 more
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Scientific Reports, 2017 The black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) is the only alpine crane species and is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. The breeding habitats of this species are poorly understood, which greatly hampers practical research and conservation work.
Xuesong Han +4 more
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Introducing flotation for accurate quartz versus feldspar separation in cosmogenic nuclides methods applied to fluvial sediments in Pamir [PDF]
, 2013 HKT-ISTP 2013 ...
Fuchs, Margret +2 more
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A search for mini-clusters in Japan-USSR Joint Experiment at Pamir [PDF]
A search for mini-clusters, very collimated shower clusters of hadrons and electromagnetic particles, is made for the hadron and gamma families observed by Japan-USSR joint carbon chamber at Pamir.
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Discovery of recent lithic industries with archaic features in the Hindu Kush range (Chitral district, North Pakistan). [PDF]
, 2002 Survey in the upper reaches of the Yarkhun valley (Chitral district, northern Pakistan), on the southern slopes of the Hindu Kush range, led to the discovery of six sites yielding lithic industries at altitudes between 3000 and 4000 m.
Abdul, Nasir +6 more
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, 2015 International audienceAs a unique example of the intracontinental mountain building, the Cenozoic deformation of the Tian Shan has been widely studied. The onset of Cenozoic exhumation of the SW Chinese Tian Shan was constrained at the Oligocene-Miocene ...
Fu, Bihong +3 more
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