Comparing reconstructed Pleistocene equilibrium-line altitudes in the tropical Andes of central Peru

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 777-788

  Ramage, Joan M ^a   Smith, Jacqueline A ^b   Rodbell, Donald T ^b   Seltzer, Geoffrey O ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AAR; Cosmogenic dating; Digital elevation model; Equilibrium line; THAR; Tropical Andes

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; PLEISTOCENE;

ANDES; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 29744452398     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.982     Document Type: Article

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