Late Pleistocene climate change and erosion in the Santa Maria Basin, NW Argentina

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-90

  Trauth, Martin H ^a   Bookhagen, Bodo ^a   Müller, Andrea B ^a   Strecker, Manfred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; TECTONIC SETTING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; LANDSLIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ARGENTINA; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA MARIA BASIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BUDGET CONTROL; EROSION; UNLOADING;

EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; LANDSLIDING; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MASS MOVEMENT; SANTA MARIA BASINS; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0142148948     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/061702730082     Document Type: Article

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