Parabolic halite dunes on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 147-156

  Svendsen, Johan B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Evaporites; Halite; Parabolic dunes; Salar de Uyuni; Salt flat

Indexed keywords

BRINE; DUNE; EVAPORITE; HALITE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALT PAN;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0037427831     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00206-3     Document Type: Article

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