Timing of the last deglaciation in the Sierra Nevada of the Mérida Andes, Venezuela

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 482-494

  Carcaillet, Julien ^a   Angel, Isandra ^b   Carrillo, Eduardo ^b   Audemard, Franck A ^c   Beck, Christian ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Andes de M rida; Glacial landforms; Holocene; Pleistocene; Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides dating; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORMS; HOLOCENES; PLEISTOCENE; TERRESTRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; VENEZUELA;

EARTH SCIENCES;

LANDFORMS;

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORM; HOLOCENE; LAST DEGLACIATION; MORAINE; OLDER DRYAS; PLEISTOCENE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANDES; MERIDA [VENEZUELA]; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84887047701     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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