The late Miocene climate of northeastern Africa: Unravelling the signals in the sedimentary succession

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 817-826

  Griffin, David L ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaporites; Mediterranean; Messinian; Palaeoclimatology; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EVAPORITE; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RED SEA;

EID: 0032702847     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.4.0817     Document Type: Article

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