Mid-Holocene climate and culture change in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-246

  Grosjean, Martin ^a   Núñez, Lautaro ^b   Cartajena, Isabel ^c   Messerli, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA; HIATUS;

EID: 0000511250     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1917     Document Type: Article

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