Palaeoclimate and the formation of sapropel S1: Inferences from Late Quaternary lacustrine and marine sequences in the central Mediterranean region

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 215-240

  Ariztegui, D ^a   Asioli, A ^b   Lowe, J J ^c   Trincardi, F ^b   Vigliotti, L ^b   Tamburini, F ^d   Chondrogianni, C ^a   Accorsi, C A ^e   Bandini Mazzanti, M ^e   Mercuri, A M ^e   Van Der Kaars, S ^c   McKenzie, J A ^a   Oldfield, F ^f  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f PAGES Core Project Office   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Global change; Holocene; Marine; Mediterranean; Sapropel (S1); Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CLIMATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALEONTOLOGY; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT;

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0034657494     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00051-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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