Indirect climatic control of the clay mineral composition of Quaternary sediments from the Cariaco basin, northern Venezuela (ODP Site 1002)

Marine Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 191-206

  Clayton, Trevor ^a   Pearce, Richard B ^a   Peterson, Larry C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cariaco basin; Clay minerals; Glacial interglacial cycles; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0032733119     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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