Saharan wind regimes traced by the Sr-Nd isotopic composition of subtropical Atlantic sediments: Last Glacial Maximum vs today

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 395-409

  Grousset, F E ^a   Parra, M ^a   Bory, A ^b,d   Martinez, P ^a   Bertrand, P ^a   Shimmield, G ^b,e   Ellam, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; WIND;

AFRICA, SAHARA; ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031847053     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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