Clay minerals and geochemistry record from northwest Mediterranean coastal lagoon sequence: Implications for paleostorm reconstruction

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 205-217

  Sabatier, Pierre ^a,b   Dezileau, Laurent ^b   Briqueu, Louis ^b   Colin, Christophe ^a   Siani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Geochemistry; Late Quaternary; Mediterranean lagoon; Paleostorm; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CLAY MINERAL; COASTAL LAGOON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SMECTITE; STORM; TRACE ELEMENT;

FRANCE; GULF OF LION; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PIERRE BLANCHE LAGOON;

EID: 77954242048     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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