Late Pleistocene-Holocene Volcanic Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments of the Upper Lerma Basin, Mexico

Volcaniclastic Sedimentation in Lacustrine Settings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 247-261

  Caballero, M ^a   Macias J L ^a   Lozano Garcia S ^a   Urrutiafucugauchi, J ^a   Castaneda Bernal R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Late Pleistocene Holocene volcanic stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the upper Lerma basin, Mexico; Loss on ignition (LOI) and ash flow deposit (AFD); Low lake level conditions during early to middle Holocene times; Magnetic and microfossil analyses Zacango, Metepec, Lake Chignahuapan; Palaeoenvironmental history largest eruption 37 000 yr ago; Tres cruces tephra (TCT); Upper Lerma basin area description; Upper toluca pumice (UTP) and lower toluca pumice (LTP); Volcanic stratigraphy; Zacango and Metepec poor microfossil preservation

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; WATER LEVELS;

ASH FLOW; BASIN AREA; HOLOCENES; MAGNETIC AND MICROFOSSIL ANALYSES - ZACANGO, METEPEC, LAKE CHIGNAHUAPAN; ME-XICO; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY - LARGEST ERUPTION 37 000 YR AGO; TRES CRUCES TEPHRA (TCT); UPPER TOLUCA PUMICE (UTP) AND LOWER TOLUCA PUMICE (LTP);

LAKES;

EID: 84948964706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304251.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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