Late Quaternary palaeoceanographic record in giant piston cores off South Africa, possibly including evidence of neotectonism

Quaternary International

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-77

  Rau, Amanda ^a,c   Rogers, John ^a   Chen, Min Te ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

GLOBOROTALIA INFLATA; GLOBOROTALIA MENARDII; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 33644839264     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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