Magnetic properties of lake sediments from Lake Chalco, central Mexico, and their palaeoenvironmental implications

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-140

  Guerrero, Beatriz Ortega ^a   Thompson, Roy ^b   Fucugauchi, Jaime Urrutia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lake sediments; Magnetic properties; Palaeoenvironments

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

MEXICO;

EID: 0034143516     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(200002)15:2<127::AID-JQS474>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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