Interhemispheric synchrony of Late-glacial climatic instability as recorded in proglacial Lake Mascardi, Argentina

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-338

  Ariztegui, Daniel ^a   Bianchi, María Martha ^b   Masaferro, Julieta ^b   Lafargue, Eric ^c   Niessen, Frank ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b PROGEBA   (Argentina)

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Late glacial Holocene transition, northern Patagonia; Multiproxy climate records; Proglacial lakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001761366     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199707/08)12:4<333::aid-jqs312>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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