Climatic inferences from glacial and palaeoecological evidence at the last glacial termination, southern South America

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 409-417

  McCulloch, R D ^a   Bentley, M J ^a   Purves, R S ^a   Hulton, N R J ^a   Sugden, D E ^a   Clapperton, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ice sheets; Last glacial termination; Palaeoecology; Patagonia; South America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033948754     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1417(200005)15:4<409::aid-jqs539>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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