Geochemistry of sediments from quaternary sand ramps in the southeastern Mojave Desert, California

Quaternary International

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-29

  Pease, Patrick P ^a   Tchakerian, Vatche P ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SAND; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACE ELEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037248309     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00132-5     Document Type: Article

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