Holocene Saharan dust deposition on the Cape Verde Islands: Sedimentological and Nd-Sr isotopic evidence

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 359-366

  Rognon, P ^a   Coude Gaussen G ^b   Revel, M ^c   Grousset, F E ^c   Pedemay, P ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN TRANSPORT; DEPOSITION; DESERT; DUST; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE DEPOSIT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC, CAPE VERDE ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE ISLANDS;

EID: 0029730788     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1996.d01-8.x     Document Type: Article

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