Mineral magnetic record of paleoclimate variation in loess and paleosol from the Buenos Aires formation (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 561-570

  OrgeIra, M J ^a,b   Walther, A M ^a,b   Vasquez C A ^a,b   Tommaso, I Di ^b   Alonso, S ^a,d   Sherwood, G ^c   Yuguan, Hu ^c   Vilas, J F A ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Ctro de Invest en Recurs G   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOESS; MAGNETIC MINERAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0032417026     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(98)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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