Palaeoclimatic significance of co-occurring wind- and water-induced sedimentary structures in the last-interglacial coastal deposits from Bermuda and the Bahamas

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Kindler, P ^a   Strasser, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Bermuda; Global change; Nearshore sedimentation; Sangamonian

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

BAHAMAS; BERMUDA;

EID: 0034161345     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00123-2     Document Type: Article

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