Coastal sediments from the Algarve: Low-latitude climate archive for the Aptian-Albian

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 785-797

  Heimhofer, Ulrich ^a   Adatte, Thierry ^b   Hochuli, Peter A ^c   Burla, Stefan ^d   Weissert, Helmut ^d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algarve Basin; Clay mineralogy; Early Cretaceous; Palaeoclimate; Palynology

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; CLAY MINERAL; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COOLING; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SUCCESSION; WEATHERING;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CLASSOPOLLIS; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 44849138414     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0186-y     Document Type: Article

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