Tropical Climatic Variation on the Pacific Slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes Based on a 25,000-Year Pollen Record from Deep-Sea Sediment Core Tri-163-31b

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1994
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Quaternary Research
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Sep
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42
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2
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222-225
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0033-5894
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ISI:A1994PM15700012
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Marine sediments from 3-degrees-37'S, 83-degrees-58'W yield a well-dated pollen record of equatorial Andean vegetation. Moderate development of Podocarpus-high montane rainforest (approximately 34,000-28,000 yr B.P.) and increase of high Andean grassland pollen (approximately 28,000-16,000 yr B.P.) imply an extended dry, cool glacial period following a brief interstade. Rapid stepwise expansion in coastal and montane forest pollen characterizes the deglacial interval. The general correspondence between pollen and oxygen isotope variations in Tri 163-31B suggests that tropical climatic variations in the northern Andes were basically coherent with northern hemisphere glacier variations. (C) 1994 University of Washington.

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