Episodic eolian deposition in the past ca. 50,000years in the Alto Ilo dune field, southern Peru

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 346-347, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-24

  Londoño, Ana Cristina ^a   Forman, Steven L ^b   Eichler, Timothy ^a   Pierson, James ^b  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Eolian sand; Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Paleosol; Peru

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARID REGION; CHRONOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DEBRIS FLOW; DESERT; DUNE FIELD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; PERU;

EID: 84863452134     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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