Lichenometric dating using Rhizocarpon subgenus Rhizocarpon in the Patagonian Andes, Argentina

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-283

  Garibotti, Irene Adriana ^a   Villalba, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Glacier fluctuations; Indirect dating curves; Lichenometry; Little ice age; Patagonian Andes; Rhizocarpon

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LICHENOMETRY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; TREE RING;

ANDES; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

RHIZOCARPON;

EID: 63549144296     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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