Interhemispheric synchroneity of Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 2 glacier fluctuations along the American cordilleras transect

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 435-468

  Clapperton, Chalmers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacier fluctuations; Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 2; North America; Palaeoclimatology; South America

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; PALEOCLIMATE; SYNCHRONY;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033938150     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1417(200005)15:4<435::AID-JQS552>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Review

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