Relationship between extensional tectonic style and the paleoclimatic elements at Laguna El Fresnal, Chihuahua Desert, Mexico

Geomorphology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 75-94

  Campos Enriquez, J O ^a   Ortega Ramirez J ^a   Alatriste Vilchis, D ^a   Cruz Gatica R ^a   Cabral Cano, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0345412070     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00101-9     Document Type: Article

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