Provenance of sands from Cazones, Acapulco, and Bahía Kino beaches, México

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 764-782

  Armstrong Altrin, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acapulco; Bah a kino; Beach sand; Cazones; Geochemistry; Hydraulic sorting; Ilmenite; Mexico; Provenance; Rare earth elements; Tectonic settings; Weathering; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949628804     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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