Abrupt vegetation and climate changes during the Last Glacial Maximum and last termination in the Chilean Lake District: A case study from Canal de la Puntilla (41°S)

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 285-311

  Moreno, Patricio I ^a,c   Lowell, Thomas V ^b   Jacobson Jr , George L ^a   Denton, George H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CHILE;

EID: 0032724312     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1999.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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