Geochemistry, chronology and stratigraphy of Neogene tuffs of the Central Andean region

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-36

  Placzek, Christa ^a,d   Quade, Jay ^a   Rech, Jason A ^b   Patchett, P J ^a   Pérez de Arce, Carlos ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; NEOGENE; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TUFF; VOLCANO;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; ATACAMA DESERT; BOLIVIA; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 53249097355     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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