Late Quaternary palaeosol records from subtropical (38°S) to tropical (16°S) South America and palaeoclimatic implications

Quaternary International

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 107-120

  Zech, W ^a   Zech, M ^a   Zech, R ^b   Peinemann, N ^c   Morras H J M ^d   Moretti, L ^d,e   Ogle, N ^f   Kalim, R M ^f   Fuchs, M ^a   Schad, P ^g   Glaser, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^e Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFLATION; LATE GLACIAL; LOESS; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL; SOIL PROFILE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL REGION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 59849125396     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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