Climatic controls an alluvial-fan activity, Coastal Cordillera, northern Chile

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 251, Issue , 2005, Pages 95-116

  Hartley, Adrian J ^a   Mather, Anne E ^b   Jolley, Elizabeth ^c   Turner, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c BP Exploration Co of Trinidad and Tobago ^*  (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE EFFECT; DRAINAGE BASIN;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33144482402     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.251.01.08     Document Type: Article

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