Solar cycles recorded in Carboniferous glacimarine rhythmites (Western Argentina): Relationships between climate and sedimentary environment

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 37-63

  Milana, Juan Pablo ^a   Lopez, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Carboniferous; Cycles; Glacimarine; Varves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GLACIMARINE RHYTHMITE; SEDIMENTATION; SOLAR CYCLE;

CARBONIFEROUS; CLIMATE SIGNAL; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; RHYTHMITE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; VARVE;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0032533148     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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