Pollen dispersal and deposition on the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-58

  Reese, Carl A ^a   Liu, Kam Biu ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ice core palynology; Peru; Quelccaya ice cap

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ICE CAP; ICE CORE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN;

PERU;

EID: 0036462191     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.1.44     Document Type: Article

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