Last Glacial Maximum equilibrium line altitudes in the circum-Caribbean (Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Venezuela)

Quaternary International

Volumn 138-139, Issue , 2005, Pages 129-144

  Lachniet, Matthew S ^a   Vazquez Selem, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Caribbean region; Equilibrium line altitude (ELA); Last Glacial Maximum; Snowline reconstructions; Tropical glaciers

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; TROPICAL REGION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21344438634     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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