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The Palaeohydrology of the Late Pleistocene Lake Tauca on the Bolivian Altiplano and Recent Climatic Fluctuations Sonderdrucke aus der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ALBRECHT KESSLER The palaeohydrology of the Late Pleistocene Lake Tauca on the Bolivian Altiplano and recent climatic fluctuations Originalbeitrag erschienen in: J. C. Vogel (Hrsg.): Late Cainozoic palaeoclimates of the Southern Hemisphere : proceedings of an international symposium held by the South African Society for Quaternary Research in Swaziland, 29 August - 2 September 1983. Rotterdam [u.a.]: Balkema, 1984, S. 115 - 122 SASQUA Intrntnl Sp Szlnd 2 At 2 Sptbr 8 The palaeohydrology of the Late Pleistocene Lake Tauca on the Bolivian Altiplano and recent climatic fluctuations AEC KESSE Unvrttt rbr, Grn ASAC. Appln, th tr bdt t th plhdrl f th t ltn (2 00 000 n th Altpln (Sth Arn And, vrl r dd t h h th lt ndtn t hv hnd n prn th th rnt lt n rdr t th frtn f th pll pbl. 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