Beach sand composition and provenance in a sector of the southwestern Mexican Pacific;Composición y proveniencia de arena de playa en un sector del soroeste del Pacífico mexicano

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 433-447

  Carranza Edwards, Arturo ^a   Kasper Zubillaga, Juan José ^a   Rosales Hoz, Leticia ^a   Morales dela Garza, Eduardo Alfredo ^a   Lozano Santa Cruz, Rufino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beach; Colima; Composition; Pacific; Provenance; Sand; Southwestern Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349774663     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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