Quaternary glaciers and climate on Cerro Chirripo, Costa Rica

Quaternary Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-37

  Orvis, Kenneth H ^a   Horn, Sally P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Climate reconstruction; Cordillera de Talamanca; Costa Rica; Deglaciation; Glacial geomorphology; Pleistocene; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CERRO CHIRRIPO; COSTA RICA; VALLE DE LAS MORENNAS;

EID: 0033872905     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2000.2142     Document Type: Article

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