Palaeoclimatic implications of Mio-Pliocene sedimentation in the high-altitude intra-arc Lauca Basin of northern Chile

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 79-100

  Gaupp, Reinhard ^a   Kött, Anne ^a   Wörner, Gerhard ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Climatic change; Intramontane basins; Lacustrine basin fill; Miocene; Northern Chile; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION;

CHILE;

EID: 0344298896     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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