Modern climate forcing of terrigenous deposition in the tropics (Cariaco Basin, Venezuela)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 438-451

  Martinez, Nahysa C ^a   Murray, R W ^a   Thunell, Robert C ^b   Peterson, Larry C ^c   Muller Karger, Frank ^d   Astor, Yrene ^e   Varela, Ramon ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cariaco Basin; ITCZ; seasonality; sediment chemistry; sediment traps; terrigenous matter

Indexed keywords

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEDIMENT CHAMISTRY; TERRIGENOUS MATTER;

GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE FORCING; DEPOSITION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRAP; SHELF SEDIMENT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 36348982657     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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