Ice-core palaeoclimate records in tropical South America since the last glacial maximum

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 377-394

  Thompson, Lonnie G ^a,b   Mosley Thompson, Ellen ^a,b   Henderson, Keith A ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Ice cores; Last Glacial Maximum; Palaeoclimate; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033949236     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1417(200005)15:4<377::AID-JQS542>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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