Magnetic susceptibility of eastern Mediterranean marine sediments as a proxy for Saharan dust supply?

Marine Geology

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 224-229

  Larrasoaña, Juan C ^a   Roberts, Andrew P ^b   Rohling, Eelco J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eastern Mediterranean; magnetic susceptibility; marine sediments; Ocean Drilling Program; riverine input; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

DIAGENETIC PROCESSES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC PROXY; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RIVERINE INPUT; SAHARAN DUST; SUSPENDED MATTER;

DUST; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCHARGE; DUST; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NILE RIVER; SAHARA;

EID: 49949083259     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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