Fluvial history of the Rio Ilave valley, Peru, and its relationship to climate and human history

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 165-185

  Rigsby, Catherine A ^a   Baker, Paul A ^b   Aldenderfer, Mark S ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Archeology; Climate; Fluvial sedimentology; Holocene; Peru

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; TERRACE;

PERU; RIO ILAVE VALLEY;

EID: 0037692066     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00276-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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