Clay mineral evidence of nepheloid layer contributions to the Heinrich layers in the northwest Atlantic

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 211-228

  Bout Roumazeilles, Viviane ^a   Cortijo, Eisa ^b   Labeyrie, Laurent ^b,c   Debrabant, Pierre ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Nepheloid layer; North Atlantic; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CLAY MINERAL; HEINRICH EVENT; PALEOCLIMATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033557780     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00137-0     Document Type: Article

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