Late Pennsylvanian aridification on the southwestern margin of Gondwana (Paganzo Basin, NW Argentina): A regional expression of a global climate perturbation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 417, Issue , 2015, Pages 220-235

  Gulbranson, Erik L ^a   Montañez, Isabel P ^b   Tabor, Neil J ^c   Oscar Limarino, C ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Ice age; Late Paleozoic; Paleoclimate; Paleosol; Pennsylvanian

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; GONDWANA; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERTURBATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ARGENTINA; PAGANZO BASIN;

EID: 84911379354     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.029     Document Type: Article

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