Paleoclimates off Northwest Africa (28°-35°N) about 18,000 yr B.P. Based on continental eolian deposits

Quaternary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-126

  Rognon, Pierre ^a   Coudé Gaussen, Geneviève ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOPHYCEAE;

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTWATER; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOWIND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRADE WIND;

AFRICA, (NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC, (EAST);

EID: 0030437975     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0052     Document Type: Article

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