Pliocene-Holocene evolution of depositional conditions in the eastern Mediterranean: Role of anoxia vs. productivity at time of sapropel deposition

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 246, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 424-439

  Gallego Torres, D ^a   Martinez Ruiz F ^a   Paytan, A ^b   Jimenez Espejo F J ^a,c   Ortega Huertas, M ^c  

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

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Eastern Mediterranean; Productivity; Redox proxies; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOLIAN PROCESS; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 33947138624     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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