Relict sand wedges in southern Patagonia and their stratigraphic and paleo-environmental significance

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 1188-1199

  Bockheim, J ^a   Coronato, A ^b   Rabassa, J ^b   Ercolano, B ^c   Ponce, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^c Univ Natl de la Patagonia Austral   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SANDS; CALCIUM CARBONATES; CLAY LOAMS; DUSTFALL; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCES; GLACIAL PERIODS; GLACIAL STAGES; HOST MATERIALS; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATIONS; PATAGONIA; PLEISTOCENE; RELICT SANDS; SILT LOAMS; SILTY CLAY LOAMS;

CALCIUM; CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY;

SAND;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELICT COMMUNITY; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 65549156672     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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