Late Quaternary vegetation and climate history of a perennial river canyon in the Río Salado basin (22°S) of Northern Chile

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 450-466

  Latorre, Claudio ^a,b   Betancourt, Julio L ^c   Arroyo, Mary T K ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Fossil rodent middens; Northern Chile; Plant macrofossils; Riparian; Summer rainfall; Tropical easterlies

Indexed keywords

CANYON; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BASIN; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ARGENTINA; ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; SALADO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

PUNA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33646536367     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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