Modern and late Quaternary clay mineral distribution in the area of the SE Mediterranean Sea

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 453-464

  Hamann, Yvonne ^a   Ehrmann, Werner ^a   Schmiedl, Gerhard ^a   Kuhnt, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Late Quaternary; Levantine Sea; Nile River; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; KAOLINITE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; SMECTITE; SUSPENDED LOAD;

AFRICA; EGYPT; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NILE RIVER; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 63549105697     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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