Ice Age Southern Andes : a chronicle of palaeoecological events /

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Author / Creator:	Heusser, Calvin J.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Boston : Elsevier, 2003.
Description:	xvi, 240 p. : ill., map ; 30 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Developments in Quaternary science ; 3
Subject:	Paleoecology -- Argentina -- Pleistocene. Paleoecology -- Pleistocene. Paleoecology -- Chile -- Pleistocene. Paleoecology -- Andes Region -- Pleistocene. Glacial epoch -- Argentina. Glacial epoch -- Chile. Glacial epoch -- Andes Region. Glacial epoch. Paleoecology. Pleistocene Geologic Epoch. Andes Region. Argentina. Chile.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5041275

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ISBN:	0444514783
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Backdrop of botanical exploration
3. Physical setting
4. Climate
5. Glaciation
6. Land - sea level variations
7. Volcanism
8. Vegetation
9. Man, megafauna, and fire
10. Research methods: approach to the problem of palaeoevironmental reconstruction
11. Pollen fallout reflective of vegetation during latest centuries: presettlement and settlement
12. Palaeoecological sites, cores, and pollen/spore diagrams
13. Ice age Southern Andes
14. Global connections
15. Summary
References
Index

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