Modern and last local glacial maximum snowlines in the Central Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and Northern Chile

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-84

  Klein, Andrew G ^a,c   Seltzer, Geoffrey O ^b   Isacks, Bryan L ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 0001963305     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00095-X     Document Type: Article

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