Flow events on a hyper-arid alluvial fan: Quebrada Tambores, Salar de Atacama, northern Chile

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 251, Issue , 2005, Pages 9-24

  Mather, Anne E ^a   Hartley, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33144464666     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.02     Document Type: Article

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