Late Quaternary sediment dating and quantification of lateral sediment redistribution applying230Thex: A study from the eastern Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 554-566

  Frank, M ^a,c   Gersonde, R ^b   Rutgers Van Der Loeff, M ^b   Kuhn, G ^b   Mangini, A ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

230Thex constant flux models; High resolution dating; Particle flux reconstruction; Sediment focusing; Sediment winnowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349097811     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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