Spatial variability of environment change in the Teotihuacan Valley during the Late Quaternary: Paleopedological inferences

Quaternary International

Volumn 156-157, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 13-31

  Solleiro Rebolledo, Elizabeth ^a   Sedov, Sergey ^a   McClung de Tapia, Emily ^a   Cabadas, Héctor ^a   Gama Castro, Jorge ^a   Vallejo Gómez, Ernestina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEOTIHUACAN;

EID: 33749642363     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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