Distribution and provenance of wind-blown SE Pacific surface sediments

Marine Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 130-142

  Saukel, Cornelia ^a   Lamy, Frank ^a   Stuut, Jan Berend W ^b,c   Tiedemann, Ralf ^a   Vogt, Christoph ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay mineral assemblages; Eolian dust; Grain size distribution; SE Pacific; Trade winds

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DUST; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; SE PACIFIC; TRADE WINDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMMERCE; DUST; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WIND;

CLAY MINERALS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLAY MINERAL; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; LATITUDE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TIMESCALE; TRENCH;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79951679061     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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