The role of African dust in the formation of Quaternary soils on Mallorca, Spain and implications for the genesis of Red Mediterranean soils

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 2518-2543

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Budahn, James ^a   Avila, Anna ^b   Skipp, Gary ^a   Freeman, Joshua ^a   Patterson, DeAnna ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ATA Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN DUST; CARBONATE CONTENT; CARBONATE FRACTION; ELEMENT RATIOS; EXTERNAL SOURCES; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH PURITY; MALLORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SOILS; SILICATE FRACTIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TERRA ROSSA;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; DUST; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICATES; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DOLOMITE; DUST; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; MINERALOGY; QUATERNARY; RED SOIL; TERRA ROSSA;

AFRICA; BALEARIC ISLANDS; BARBADOS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 77955551026     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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