Paleoecology reconstruction from trapped gases in a fulgurite from the late Pleistocene of the Libyan Desert

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-174

  Navarro González, Rafael ^a,b   Mahan, Shannon A ^c   Singhvi, Ashok K ^d   Navarro Aceves, Rafael ^a   Rajot, Jean Louis ^e   McKay, Christopher P ^f   Coll, Patrice ^b   Raulin, François ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fulgurite; Libyan Desert; Lighting; Paleoenvironment; Pleistocene; Sahel; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

FULGURITE; PALEOECOLOGY RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TRAPPED GASES; LIBYAN DESERT; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; SAHEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGY; GLASS; ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETATION;

GEOPHYSICS; LANDFORMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION; DESERT; FULGURITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLASS; LIGHTNING; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NITRIC OXIDE; SEMIARID REGION;

AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA; ERITREA; NORTHERN RED SEA; SAHEL [NORTHERN RED SEA];

EID: 33846943991     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23246A.1     Document Type: Article

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