Sedimentology of quaternary aeolian sands in the area of Lomas de la Estancia, La Rioja Province (Argentina): An example of sedimentation in intermountain dune fields;Sedimentologiá de arenas eólicas cuaternarias del area de Lomas de la Estancia, provincia de La Rioja (Argentina): Un ejemplo de sedimentación en campos de dunas intermontanas

Revista de la Asociacion Argentina de Sedimentologia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-40

  Tripaldi, Alfonsina ^a   Limarino, Carlos O ^a   Caselll, Alberto T ^a   Net, Laura I ^a   Gagliardo, Mariana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aeolian sedimentation; Blowouts; Dunes; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444472973     PISSN: 18536360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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