Late Holocene changes in precipitation and hydrography recorded in marine sediments from the northeastern Caribbean Sea

Quaternary Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-102

  Nyberg, Johan ^a   Kuijpers, Antoon ^b   Malmgren, Björn A ^a   Kunzendorf, Helmar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Geochemical parameters; Late Holocene; Mineral magnetic parameters; Northeastern Caribbean; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; HYDROGRAPHY; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

(NORTHEAST); CARIBBEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0035413199     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2249     Document Type: Article

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