Limnogeology of Laguna Miscanti: Evidence for mid to late Holocene moisture changes in the Atacama Altiplano (Northern Chile)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-21

  Valero Garcés, Blas L ^a,d   Grosjean, Martin ^b   Schwalb, Antje ^a   Geyh, Mebus ^c   Messerli, Bruno ^b   Kelts, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c State Geological Survey   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atacama; Holocene; lake sediments; limnogeology; paleoclimatology; South America

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA;

ARID PERIOD; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT; LAKE SEDIMENT; LIMNOGEOLOGY; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY;

CHILE, ATACAMA, LAGUNA MISCANTI;

EID: 0029660050     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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