Trace-elemental derived paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic conditions for Pleistocene Eastern Mediterranean sapropels

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 76-89

  Gallego Torres, D ^a,d   Martinez Ruiz, F ^b   De Lange, G J ^a   Jimenez Espejo, F J ^b,c   Ortega Huertas, M ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Redox conditions; Sapropel; Sedimentary regime; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; RUNOFF; SAPROPEL; TRACE ELEMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 77954176787     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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