Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental change in western Staaten Island (54.5° S, 64° W), Fuegian Archipelago

Quaternary International

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-100

  Juan Federico, Ponce ^a   Ana María, Borromei ^b   Jorge Oscar, Rabassa ^a,c   Oscar, Martinez ^c  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ARGENTINA; STATEN ISLAND [TIERRA DEL FUEGO]; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

CALETA; DRIMYS WINTERI; FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS; POACEAE;

EID: 79951580321     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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