Chronology of the last glaciation in central Strait of Magellan and Bahía Inútil, southernmost South America

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-312

  McCulloch, Robert D ^a   Fogwill, Chris J ^b   Sugden, David E ^b   Bentley, Michael J ^c   Kubik, Peter W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL;

MAGELLAN STRAIT; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21344437065     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2005.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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