A late-Holocene (<2600 BP) glacial advance in the south-central Andes (29°S), northern Chile

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-479

  Grosjean, M ^a   Geyh, M A ^b   Messerli, B ^a   Schreier, H ^c   Veit, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Geological Survey of Lower Saxony (NLfB)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arid Andes; Climatic change; Glacier advance; Late Holocene; Neoglaciation; Northern Chile; Palaeosols; South America; Westerlies

Indexed keywords

GLACIER ADVANCE; HOLOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 0031828548     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398677627864     Document Type: Article

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