Using remote sensing to quantify aeolian transport and estimate the age of the terminal dune field Dunas Pampa Blanca in southern Peru

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-436

  Hesse, Ralf ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeolian transport; Dunes; Paleoclimate; Peru; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; REMOTE SENSING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 63549109603     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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