Radiocarbon chronology of the last glacial maximum and its termination in northwestern Patagonia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 233-249

  Moreno, Patricio I ^a   Denton, George H ^b   Moreno, Hugo ^c   Lowell, Thomas V ^d   Putnam, Aaron E ^b,e   Kaplan, Michael R ^e  

^a University of Concepción   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Heinrich Stadial 1; Last glacial maximum; Last glacial termination; Lic n ignimbrite; Llanquihue moraines; North Patagonian rainforests; Northwestern Patagonia; Nothofagus rise; Southern mid latitudes

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

HEINRICH STADIAL 1; IGNIMBRITES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIAL TERMINATIONS; LLANQUIHUE MORAINES; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH PATAGONIAN RAINFORESTS; NOTHOFAGUS; PATAGONIA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIER RETREAT; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; IGNIMBRITE; INTERSTADIAL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MORAINE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFOREST; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARMING; WESTERLY;

ANDES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PATAGONIA; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

LANGAT VIRUS; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 84936771311     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.027     Document Type: Article

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