Magnetostratigraphy and magnetic susceptibility of the Las Carreras loess-paleosol sequence in Valle de Tafí, Tucumán, NW-Argentina

Quaternary International

Volumn 106-107, Issue , 2003, Pages 159-167

  Schellenberger, A ^a   Heller, F ^b   Veit, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Loess paleosol sequence; Magnetic susceptibility; Magnetostratigraphy; Quaternary; Southern hemisphere

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 17944384880     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00170-2     Document Type: Article

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