Palaeoclimatic cyclicity in central Mediterranean Pliocene sediments: The mineralogical signal

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 311-323

  Foucault, Alain ^a   Méliéres, Frédèric ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Cyclicity; Kaolinite; Mediterranean; Mineralogy; Palaeoclimate; Palygorsk ite; Pliocene; Precession; Saharan dust; Sediment; Smectite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; ATTAPULGITE; CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINERAL; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CYCLICITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 0343569973     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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