Evolution of the Great Tehuelche Paleolake in the Torres del Paine National Park of Chilean Patagonia during the Last Glacial Maximum and Holocene;Evolución del Gran Paleolago Tehuelche en el Parque Nacional Torres del Paine de la Patagonia chilena durante el Último Máximo Glacial y Holoceno

Andean Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Solari, Marcelo A ^a,b   le Roux, Jacobus P ^a   Hervé, Francisco ^a,c   Airo, Alessandro ^d   Calderón, Mauricio ^e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b Geohidrología Consultores Ltda   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Last Glacial Maximum; Patagonia; Thrombolites; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER ADVANCE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTING; MELTWATER; MORAINE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; THROMBOLITE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CHILE; MAGALLANES; TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK;

ESPERANZA;

EID: 84859344422     PISSN: 07187092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5027/andgeoV39N1-a01     Document Type: Article

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