Long-term glacier variations in the Central Andes of Argentina and Chile, inferred from historical records and tree-ring reconstructed precipitation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 281, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 334-344

  Le Quesne, Carlos ^a   Acuña, Cesar ^b   Boninsegna, José A ^c   Rivera, Andrés ^b,d   Barichivich, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Austrocedrus chilensis; Dendroclimatology; Glacier retreat; Historical documents; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SNOW; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANDES; CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS;

EID: 68749097543     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.01.039     Document Type: Article

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