Climate change and natural resource dynamics of the Atacama Altiplano during the last 18000 years : a preliminary synthesis

Mountain geoecology of the Andes

Auteur :
MESSERLI, B.

Description :
Although now intensely arid, the western slope of the Atacama Andes of northern Chile had wetter and warmer conditions during the early Holocene. After about 3 000 yr. B.P. conditions again became drier. Heavy use today of fossil groundwater threatens depletion.―(DWG)


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Mountain research and development, issn : 0276-4741, 1993, vol. 13, n°. 2, p. 117-127, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 29 réf.

Date :
1993

Editeur :
Pays édition : Japon, Tokyo, United Nations University