Fission-track dating of a tephra layer related to Poti-Malal and Seguro drifts in the Río Grande basin, Mendoza, Argentina

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 781-788

  Espizua, Lydia E ^a   Bigazzi, Giulio ^b   Iunes, Pedro J ^c   Hadler, Julio C ^c   Osorio, Ana Maria ^d  

^a Glaciologia Ciencias Ambientales   (Argentina)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d Univ Estado de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; Climate changes; Fission track dating; Mendoza Andes; Pleistocene glaciations; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK DATING; LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ARGENTINA;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0036934443     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.723     Document Type: Article

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