K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of supergene processes in the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile: Tectonic and climatic relations

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-118

  Arancibia, G ^a   Matthews, S J ^a   Perez de Arce C ^a  

^a SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DESERT; MIOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SUPERGENE PROCESS;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 29244478320     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-161     Document Type: Article

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