The Pleistocene Moraine Stages of West-Central Peru
Abstract Detailed field mapping in three massifs of the central Andes of Peru indicates that there are four glacial moraine stages. Historical evidence and correlation with Patagonia and South Georgia suggest that the three youngest stages relate to Neoglacial re-advances which culminated before 400...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000022243 2024-03-03T08:46:07+00:00 The Pleistocene Moraine Stages of West-Central Peru Clapperton, Chalmers M. 1972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000022243 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000022243 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 11, issue 62, page 255-263 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1972 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000022243 2024-02-08T08:32:56Z Abstract Detailed field mapping in three massifs of the central Andes of Peru indicates that there are four glacial moraine stages. Historical evidence and correlation with Patagonia and South Georgia suggest that the three youngest stages relate to Neoglacial re-advances which culminated before 4000 b.p., between a.d. 1750 and 1800 and during the late nineteenth century. The oldest moraine stage may be of late Wisconsin/Weichselian age. The absence of older moraines suggests that the Peruvian Andes were not high enough earlier in the Pleistocene to support larger glaciers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Patagonia Journal of Glaciology 11 62 255 263 |
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Abstract Detailed field mapping in three massifs of the central Andes of Peru indicates that there are four glacial moraine stages. Historical evidence and correlation with Patagonia and South Georgia suggest that the three youngest stages relate to Neoglacial re-advances which culminated before 4000 b.p., between a.d. 1750 and 1800 and during the late nineteenth century. The oldest moraine stage may be of late Wisconsin/Weichselian age. The absence of older moraines suggests that the Peruvian Andes were not high enough earlier in the Pleistocene to support larger glaciers. |
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The Pleistocene Moraine Stages of West-Central Peru |
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The Pleistocene Moraine Stages of West-Central Peru |
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The Pleistocene Moraine Stages of West-Central Peru |
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