Reply: Late Quaternary deglacial history of the Mérida Andes, Venezuela: Response to comment

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 823-825

  Stansell, Nathan D ^a   Abbott, Mark B ^a   Polissar, Pratigya J ^b   Wolfe, Alexander P ^c   Bezada, Maximiliano ^d   Rull, Valenti ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertardo   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 37249093968     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1109     Document Type: Note

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