A north to south transect of Holocene southeast Atlantic continental margin sediments: Relationship between aerosol transport and compound-specific δ13C land plant biomarker and pollen records

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Rommerskirchen, Florian ^a   Eglinton, Geoffrey ^b,c   Dupont, Lydie ^d   Güntner, Ute ^a   Wenzel, Claudia ^a   Rullkötter, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeolian transport; Phytogeography; Plant wax; Pollen; Southeast atlantic ocean; Southern africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 19044378306     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000541     Document Type: Article

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