Geomorphic traces of quaternary climates in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-331

  Orvis, Kenneth H ^a   Clark, G Michael ^a   Horn, Sally P ^a   Kennedy, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FEATURE; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY CLIMATE; SNOWLINE;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, CORDILLERA CENTRAL; HISPANIOLA;

EID: 0031421037     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3674022     Document Type: Article

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