Local and regional geochemical signatures of surface sediments from the Cariaco Basin and Orinoco Delta, Venezuela

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-162

  Martinez, N C ^a   Murray, R W ^a   Thunell, R C ^b   Peterson, L C ^c   Muller Karger, F ^d   Lorenzoni, L ^d   Astor, Y ^e   Varela, R ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL DATA; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; EOLIAN DUST; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; INTERGLACIALS; LINEAR MIXING MODELS; REGIONAL PATTERN; SAHARAN DUST; SHELF SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL MODELS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; UPPER CRUST; VENEZUELA;

DUST; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVERS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; INTERGLACIAL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHELF SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; DELTA AMACURO; MADRID [SPAIN]; MANZANARES RIVER; ORINOCO DELTA; SPAIN; VENEZUELA;

EID: 77950136826     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30487.1     Document Type: Article

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