Rapid development of an unusual peat-accumulating ecosystem in the Chilean Altiplano

Quaternary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-11

  Earle, Lisa R ^a   Warner, Barry G ^a   Aravena, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Carbon accumulation; Central andes; Holocene; Paleoecology; Peatlands; South America

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PEATLAND; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHILE;

PUNA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0037261383     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(02)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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