A pronounced dry event recorded around 4.2 ka in brine sediments from the northern Red Sea

Quaternary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 432-441

  Arz, Helge W ^a   Lamy, Frank ^a   Pätzold, Jürgen ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

4.2 event; Anoxic sediments; Drought; Middle East; Northern Red Sea; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimate; Shaban Deep

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BRINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SHABAN DEEP;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33751310210     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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