The Senegal River mud belt: A high-resolution archive of paleoclimatic change and coastal evolution

Marine Geology

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 150-164

  Nizou, Jean ^a   Hanebuth, Till J J ^a   Heslop, David ^a   Schwenk, Tilmann ^a   Palamenghi, Luisa ^a   Stuut, Jan Berend ^a,b   Henrich, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Holocene climatic changes; Mud depocenters; NW Africa; Shelf sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGES; COASTAL CHANGE; COASTAL EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEPOCENTERS; ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FINE GRAINS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; HUMID CONDITIONS; HUMID PERIODS; HYDROGRAPHIC VARIATIONS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LATE HOLOCENE; LONGSHORE CURRENTS; MARINE INCURSION; MUD BELT; NW-AFRICA; RADIOCARBON DATES; REMOBILIZATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; SEDIMENTARY BODIES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SENEGAL; SENEGAL RIVER; SHELF SEDIMENTATION;

COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF WATER; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTATION;

ACOUSTIC DATA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHELF SEDIMENT;

SENEGAL RIVER;

EID: 78649630373     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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