Mineralogical evidence for a local volcanic origin of the parent material of Bermuda Quaternary paleosols

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 256-266

  Prognon, François ^a,b   Cojan, Isabelle ^a   Kindler, Pascal ^b   Thiry, Médard ^a   Demange, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉOSCIENCES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bermuda; Paleosols; Quaternary; Saharan dust; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; DUST; IRON OXIDES; KAOLINITE;

BERMUDA; PALEOSOLS; QUATERNARY; SAHARAN DUST; VOLCANISM;

VOLCANOES;

DISSOLUTION; PALEOSOL; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; QUATERNARY; SEAMOUNT; VOLCANISM;

BERMUDA;

EID: 78751591119     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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