Evolution and geochemical signatures in a Neogene fore arc evaporitic basin: The Salar Grande (Central Andes of Chile)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 39-54

  Chong Díaz, Guillermo ^a   Mendoza, Mariángeles ^a   García Veigas, Javier ^b   Pueyo, Juan José ^b   Turner, Peter ^c  

^a Univ Catol N Avda A   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aridity; Central Andes; Halite facies; Lacustrine area; Northern Chile; Salar evolution; Salar Grande

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; EVOLUTION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NEOGENE;

CHILE;

EID: 0007653543     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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