Century- to millennial-scale sedimentological-geochemical records of glacial-Holocene sediment variations from the Barra Fan (NE Atlantic)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 643-653

  Kroon, D ^a   Shimmield, G ^b   Austin, W E N ^c   Derrick, S ^a   Knutz, P ^d   Shimmield, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barra Fan; Climate; Geochemistry; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE FAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034026903     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.3.643     Document Type: Article

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