Loess-like and palaeosol sediments from Lanzarote (Canary Islands/Spain) - Indicators of palaeoenvironmental change during the Late Quaternary

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 71-87

  von Suchodoletz, H ^a   Kuhn P ^b   Hambach, U ^a   Dietze, M ^c   Zoller L ^a   Faust, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Environmental magnetism; Geomorphology; Micromorphology; Palaeosols; Pedogenesis; Saharan dust; Soil moisture; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ISLAND; LOESS; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; QUATERNARY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 67349124350     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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