Eolian sand sheet deposition in the San Luis paleodune field, western Argentina as an indicator of a semi-arid environment through the Holocene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 411, Issue , 2014, Pages 122-135

  Forman, Steven L ^a   Tripaldi, Alfonsina ^b   Ciccioli, Patricia L ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Eolian sand sheet; Holocene; Semi arid paleoenvironment; Western Pampas

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ANTICYCLONE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PETROLOGY; POLLEN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PAMPAS; SAN LUIS;

EID: 84937192875     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.038     Document Type: Article

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