The age and extent of tropical alpine glaciation in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 759-776

  Farber, Daniel L ^a,b   Hancock, Gregory S ^c   Finkel, Robert C ^a   Rodbell, Donald T ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Cosmogenic; Geochronology; Palaeoclimate; Radionuclides; Tropical glaciation

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; GLACIATION; MORAINE; TROPICAL REGION;

CORDILLERA BLANCA; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 29744435321     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.994     Document Type: Article

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