A 190 ky record of lithogenic grain-size on the Namibian slope: Forging a tight link between past wind-strength and coastal upwelling dynamics

Marine Geology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 81-96

  Pichevin, L ^a,b   Cremer, M ^a   Giraudeau, J ^a   Bertrand, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Benguela; Dust grain size; SSTs; Upwelling; Wind strength

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER; WIND;

GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION (GSD); NAMIBIAN SLOPE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WIND-STRENGTH;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GRAIN SIZE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; UPWELLING; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NAMIBIAN MARGIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 20444420939     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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