Changes in precipitation regimes over North America during the Holocene as recorded by mineralogy and geochemistry of Gulf of Mexico sediments

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 132-143

  Montero Serrano, Jean Carlos ^a   Bout Roumazeilles, Viviane ^a   Sionneau, Thomas ^a,b   Tribovillard, Nicolas ^a   Bory, Aloys ^a   Flower, Benjamin P ^c   Riboulleau, Armelle ^a   Martinez, Philippe ^d   Billy, Isabelle ^d  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric configuration; Clay mineralogy; Geochemistry; Holocene; Mississippi River; Pigmy Basin

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC REORGANIZATION; CLAY MINERALOGY; CYCLICITY; EROSIONAL PROCESS; EXTERNAL FORCING; GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; GREAT LAKES; GREENLAND; GULF OF MEXICO; HOLOCENES; HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; JET STREAMS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MISSISSIPPI; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; PIGMY BASIN; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL PATTERNS; SMECTITES; TRANSFER PATTERNS; WARM POOLS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MOISTURE CONTROL; RAIN; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

CLAY MINERALS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; JET STREAM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; WATERSHED;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; GREENLAND; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; PIGMY BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649632632     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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