Beach sands from Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 263-274

  Carranza Edwards, Arturo ^a   Bocanegra García, Gerardo ^a   Rosales Hoz, Leticia ^a   De Pablo Galán, Liberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; PROVENANCE; SAND; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; MEXICO;

EID: 0031767026     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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