Magnetic Polarity and Fission-Track Chronology of a Late Pliocene-Pleistocene Paleoclimatic Proxy Record in the Tropical Andes

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-28

  Helmens, Karin F ^a,d   Barendregt, Rene W ^a   Enkin, Randolph J ^b   Baker, Judith ^b   Andriessen, Paul A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE COOLING; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PLIOCENE/PLEISTOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

COLOMBIA, ANDES, BOGOTA BASIN;

EID: 0031423533     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1886     Document Type: Article

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