The last glacial maximum climatic conditions on Easter Island

Quaternary International

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-176

  Azizi, G ^a   Flenley, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; SHRUB;

EASTER ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARECACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 44649085621     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.027     Document Type: Article

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