Full-glacial-late-glacial palaeoclimate of the southern Andes: Evidence from pollen, beetle and glacial records

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-184

  Heusser, Calvin J ^a   Lowell, Thomas V ^b   Heusser, Linda E ^c   Hauser, Arturo ^d   Andersen, Björn G ^e   Denton, George H ^f  

^a Clinton Woods   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^d SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beetles; Chile; Glaciers; Palaeoclimate; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; GLACIAL RECORD; GLACIER; PALAEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; VEGETATION;

CHILE, ANDES; CHILE, ANDES, CHILOTAN ARCHIPELAGO;

EID: 0030434497     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199605/06)11:3<173::aid-jqs237>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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