Evidence for Congo River freshwater load in Late Quaternary sediments of ODP site 1077 (5°S, 10°E)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 137-150

  Uliana, E ^a   Lange, C B ^b   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Congo fan area; Diatoms; Late Quaternary; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; FAN DELTA; FRESHWATER INPUT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 0036828426     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00514-X     Document Type: Article

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