Pliocene pedosedimentary cycles in the southern Pampas, Argentina

Sedimentology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-14

  Kemp, R A ^a   Zarate M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Micromorphology; Palaeosols; Pedosedimentary; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PLIOCENE;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0343618676     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2000.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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