Glacial-interglacial variability of particle accumulation in the Canary Basin: A time-slice approach

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3675-3705

  Henderiks, Jorijntje ^a   Freudenthal, Tim ^b   Meggers, Helge ^b   Nave, Silvia ^c   Abrantes, Fatima ^c   Bollmann, Jörg ^a   Thierstein, Hans R ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COASTAL ZONES; GLACIERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTARY DEPOCENTRE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL ZONE; DUST; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0036390751     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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