A vegetation history from the arid prepuna of northern Chile (22-23°S) over the last 13 500 years

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 223-246

  Latorre, Claudio ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^b   Rylander, Kate A ^b   Quade, Jay ^c   Matthei, Oscar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Central Andes; Holocene; Northern Chile; Prepuna; Rodent middens; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; HOLOCENE; MIDDEN; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VEGETATION HISTORY;

(NORTH); CHILE;

ATACAMA; POACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038215394     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00279-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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