Changes in the flux of Saharan dust to the East Mediterranean Sea since the last glacial maximum as observed through Sr-isotope geochemistry

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 307-311

  Box, Matthew R ^a   Krom, M D ^a   Cliff, R ^a   Almogi Labin, A ^b   Bar Matthews, M ^b   Ayalon, A ^b   Schillman, B ^b   Paterne, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; EARTH SCIENCES; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FLUXES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; STRONTIUM;

ATLANTIC; DUST FLUXES; FINE FRACTIONS; FIRST ORDERS; HUMID PERIODS; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRIES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUMS; LEVANTINE BASINS; MEDITERRANEAN SEAS; SAHARAN DUSTS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

DUST;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEDIMENT CORE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 57249111684     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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