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Controversy Regarding the Existence of a Large Ice Sheet on the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau During the Quaternary Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Zheng Benxing*
Affiliation:
Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology Lanzhou, Gansu Province, People's Republic of China Geocrylogy Academia Sinica Lanzhou, Gansu Province, People's Republic of China

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University of Washington

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