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The Quaternary glacial sequence in Ecuador: a reinterpretation of the work of Walter Sauer
Author(s) -
Clapperton Chalmers M.,
Vera Ramon
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of quaternary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.142
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-1417
pISSN - 0267-8179
DOI - 10.1002/jqs.3390010106
Subject(s) - glacial period , quaternary , reinterpretation , geology , fluvial , quaternary science , colluvium , sequence (biology) , paleontology , loess , alluvium , physics , structural basin , biology , acoustics , genetics
The Quaternary glacial sequence proposed for the Ecuadorian Andes by Walter Sauer is critically reviewed. Examination of his field evidence at sections exposing Quaternary sediments east of Quito has led to a fundamental reinterpretation. Deposits which Sauer considered as glacial, glacio‐fluvial, glacio‐lacustrine and pluvio‐glacial in origin appear to have been formed mainly by volcanic, volcano‐loessic, laharic, fluvial, colluvial and pedogenic processes.