The magnetism of a glacial aeolianite sequence from Lanzarote (Canary Islands): Coupling between luvic calcisol formation and Saharan dust trapping processes during wet deposition events off northwestern Sahara

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1090-1104

  Williamson, David ^a   Jackson, Mike ^b   Banerjee, Subir K ^b   Petit Maire, Nicole ^c  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of Aix Marseille i   (France)

Author keywords

Glacial climate; Loess magnetism; Low temperature magnetic behaviour; Magnetic susceptibility; Saharan dust; Titanomagnetite

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL; LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PEDOGENESIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 3142726190     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02258.x     Document Type: Article

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