Holocene climatic optimum in Southwest Africa - Evidence from the marine clay mineral record

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 77-87

  Gingele, Franz X ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATIC OPTIMUM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT;

AFRICA, (SOUTHWEST); ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030471753     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(96)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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