Late Pleistocene snowline fluctuations at Nevado Coropuna (15°S), southern Peruvian Andes

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-317

  Bromley, Gordon R M ^a   Hall, Brenda L ^a   Rademaker, Kurt M ^a   Todd, Claire E ^b   Racovteanu, Adina E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium line altitude; Glacier; Last glacial maximum; Snowline; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SNOWLINE; TROPICAL REGION;

ANDES; AREQUIPA [PERU]; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; NEVADO COROPUNA; PERU;

EID: 79954468248     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1455     Document Type: Article

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