Paleosol evidence for Quaternary uplift and for climate and ecosystem changes in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-23

  Driese, Steven G ^a   Orvis, Kenneth H ^b   Horn, Sally P ^b   Li, Zheng Hua ^b   Jennings, Debra S ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordillera de Talamanca; Costa Rica; Paleoclimates; Paleosols; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND SOIL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; QUATERNARY; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CORDILLERA DE TALAMANCA;

EID: 34147192485     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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