Late quaternary precessional cycles of terrigenous sediment input off the Norte Chico, Chile (27.5°S) and palaeoclimatic implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 233-251

  Lamy, Frank ^a   Hebbeln, Dierk ^a   Wefer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chile; Clastic sediments; Cycles; Palaeoclimatology; Precession; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALAEOCLIMATE; PRECESSION; QUATERNARY;

CHILE; NORTE CHICO;

EID: 0031822213     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)90052-9     Document Type: Article

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