Late Quaternary deglacial history of the Mérida Andes, Venezuela

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 801-812

  Stansell, Nathan D ^a   Abbott, Mark B ^a   Polissar, Pratigya J ^b,c   Wolfe, Alexander P ^d   Bezada, Maximiliano ^e   Rull, Valentí ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Universidad Pedagogica Experimental Libertador   (Venezuela)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glacial flour; Lake sediments; Magnetic susceptibility; Northern tropical Andes

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 29744435523     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.973     Document Type: Article

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