Ecuador's glaciers are situated close to the Equator in South America and thus can be considered to be among the best examples of continental tropical glaciation. Originally published in 1981.
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2 Physiographic structure |
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3 Atmospheric circulation and climate |
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8.1 Spatial pattern of glaciation and moraine chronology |
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8.2 Ice equilibrium line in historical times |
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8.3 Variation in ice-covered area |
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8.4 Synopsis of glacial events in the tropics |
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I Topographic maps, air photographs, and satellite imagery |
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III Data supplied to World Glacier Inventory |
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B Characteristic glacier parameters |
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C Classification according to World Glacier Inventory |
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IV The Pleistocene changes of vegetation and climate in the northern Andes |
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| References |
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| Author index |
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Stefan Hastenrath, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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