Scanning electron microscopy analysis of quartz grains in desert and coastal dune sands (Altar Desert, NW Mexico);Análisis por microscopía electrónica de barrido de granos de cuarzo de dunas desérticas y costeras (Desierto de Altar, NW México)

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-22

  Kasper Zubillaga, J J ^a   Faustinos Morales, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Desert and coastal dune sands; Factor analysis; Logistic normal confidence region boundaries (LNCRB); Quartz surface textures; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DUNE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURE;

ALTAR DESERT; COLORADO DELTA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

EID: 34247097382     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v33i1.640     Document Type: Article

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