Late Quaternary evolution of alluvial fans in the Playa, El Fresnal region, northern Chihuahua desert, Mexico: Palaeoclimatic implications

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-466

  Ortega Ramirez J ^a   Maillol, J M ^b   Bandy, W ^a   Valiente Banuet, A ^c   Fucugauchi, J Urrutia ^a   Mortera Gutierrez C A ^a   Medina Sanchez J ^c   Chacon Cruz G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Chihuahuan desert; Extensional tectonism; Late Quaternary climage change; Playa El Fresnal

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE EFFECT; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4444357809     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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