Clay mineral assemblages, siliciclastic input and paleoproductivity at ODP Site 1085 off Southwest Africa: A late Miocene-early Pliocene history of Orange river discharges and Benguela current activity, and their relation to global sea level change

Marine Geology

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 221-238

  Robert, Christian ^a   Diester Haass, Liselotte ^b,d   Paturel, Julien ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benguela current; Clay minerals; Climate; Late Miocene; Productivity; Sea level; Siliciclastics; South Africa

Indexed keywords

MARINE APPLICATIONS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; SEA LEVEL;

CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS; LATITUDES; SILICICLASTIC INPUT;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; NEOGENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC REGIONS; ORANGE RIVER; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17844368608     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.02.024     Document Type: Article

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