Late Pleistocene to Holocene marine transgression and thermohaline control on sediment transport in the western Magellanes fjord system of Chile (53°S)

Quaternary International

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-107

  Kilian, Rolf ^a   Baeza, Oscar ^a   Steinke, Tatjana ^a   Arevalo, Marcelo ^b   Rios, Carlos ^b   Schneider, Christoph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TRANSGRESSION;

MAGELLAN STRAIT; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33846816544     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.043     Document Type: Article

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