Geomorphological investigations of sediment traps on Lanzarote (Canary Islands) as a key for the interpretation of a palaeoclimate archive off NW Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 44-56

  von Suchodoletz, H ^a   Faust, D ^b   Zoller L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DUST; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; VOLCANIC ASH;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 59849112610     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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