Lichenometric dating of the 'Little Ice Age' maximum in Mt Cook National Park, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 911-920

  Winkler, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

'little Ice Age'; Glacier variations; Holocene; Lichenometry; Mt Cook National Park; New Zealand; Relative age dating; Rhizocarpon

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GLACIER ADVANCE; ICE MARGIN; LICHENOMETRY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; WORLD;

RHIZOCARPON;

EID: 84975801933     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl767rp     Document Type: Article

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