A 1.2 Ma record of glaciation and fluvial discharge from the West European Atlantic margin

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 2974-2981

  Toucanne, S ^a,b   Zaragosi, S ^a   Bourillet, J F ^b   Gibbard, P L ^c   Eynaud, F ^a   Giraudeau, J ^a   Turon, J L ^a   Cremer, M ^a   Cortijo, E ^d   Martinez, P ^a   Rossignol, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BISCAY; CONVEYOR BELTS; ENGLISH CHANNEL; ICE SHEET; LAND AREAS; MARINE ISOTOPE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH SEA; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER SYSTEMS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SYNCHRONISATION; WESTERN EUROPE;

BELT CONVEYORS; CATCHMENTS; COALESCENCE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ICE;

DRAINAGE; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70350048669     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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