Late Quaternary variability of the sedimentary record in the Sao Tome deep-sea system (south Brazilian basin)

Marine Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 223-245

  Cremer, M ^a   Gonthier, E ^a   Duprat, J ^a   Faugeres J C ^a   Courp, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

carbonate; climate; Quaternary; sediment; Southern Atlantic; water masses

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINERALOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOUTHERN ATLANTIC; WATER MASSES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; HEINRICH EVENT; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL BASIN; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE;

EID: 33845941972     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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