Palaeoecology of pleniglacial sediments from the Venezuelan Andes. Palynological record of El Caballo stadial, sedimentation rates and glacier retreat

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-114

  Rull, Valentí ^a  

^a Maraven SA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Andes; Glacier retreat; Palynology; Pleniglacial; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

GLACIER RETREAT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALAEOECOLOGY; POLYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

ANDES; VENEZUELA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031955480     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(97)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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