Wet conditions during the last glaciation in the Chihuahuan Desert, Alta Babicora Basin, Mexico

Quaternary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-101

  Metcalfe, Sarah ^a   Say, Alison ^b   Black, Stuart ^c   McCulloch, Robert ^a   O'Hara, Sarah ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan Desert; Diatoms; Late Pleistocene; Mexico; Pollen

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; LAKE LEVEL; LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

ALTA BABICORA BASIN; CHIHUAHUA STATE; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; MEXICO;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036462168     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2292     Document Type: Article

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