Broad synchrony of a late-glacial glacier advance and the highstand of palaeolake Tauca in the Bolivian Altiplano

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-182

  Clayton, Jamie D ^a   Clapperton, Chalmers M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Late glacial; Palaeoclimate; Palaeolake Tauca

Indexed keywords

GLACIER ADVANCE; HIGHSTAND; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOLAKE;

BOLIVIA, ALTIPLANO;

EID: 0031430885     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199705/06)12:3<169::aid-jqs304>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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