Late Pleistocene fans and terraces in the Majes valley, southern Peru, and their relation to climatic variations

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1975-1989

  Steffen, Damian ^a   Schlunegger, Fritz ^a   Preusser, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Luminescence dating; Paleoclimate; Peru; Terrace

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EROSION; HILLSLOPE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TERRACE;

PERU;

EID: 78349305046     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0489-2     Document Type: Article

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