Late glacial climatic fluctuations in Ecuador: Glacier retreat during Younger Dryas time

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 496-501

  Heine, Klaus ^a   Heine, Jan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER RETREAT; LAST DEGLACIATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ECUADOR, ANDES;

EID: 0030303146     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551860     Document Type: Article

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