Carbonate dissolution revealed by silt grain-size distribution: Comparison of Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum sediments from the pelagic South Atlantic

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 391-404

  Frenz, Michael ^a,b   Henrich, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonate dissolution; Carbonate sedimentation; Grain size; Holocene; Last Glacial Maximum; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DISSOLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LYSOCLINE; MARINE SEDIMENT;

ANGOLA BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33947238326     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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