Paleoenvironmental changes in the western Mediterranean since the last glacial maximum: High resolution multiproxy record from the Algero-Balearic basin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 246, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 292-306

  Jimenez Espejo, Francisco J ^a   Martinez Ruiz, Francisca ^a   Sakamoto, Tatsuhiko ^b   Iijima, Koichi ^b   Gallego Torres, David ^a   Harada, Naomi ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balearic basin; Holocene late glacial; Paleoclimate records; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALGERIAN BASIN; BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 33947124982     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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