Grain size control on Sr-Nd isotope provenance studies and impact on paleoclimate reconstructions: An example from deep-sea sediments offshore NW Africa

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Meyer, Inka ^a   Davies, Gareth R ^b   Stuut, Jan Berend W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

grain size effect; Holocene; provenance; Sr Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

ARID CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FINE FRACTION; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE CONTROL; GRAIN SIZE EFFECT; HOLOCENES; HUMID CONDITIONS; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPIC VALUES; LATE HOLOCENE; MIXING PROPORTIONS; ND ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL STUDY; PROVENANCE; PROVENANCE STUDIES; RAINBELT; SAMPLING SITE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT FRACTION; SIZE FRACTION; SR ISOTOPE RATIO; SR-ND ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT; TIME SLICE; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; WIND SYSTEMS;

STRONTIUM;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 79953032387     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003355     Document Type: Article

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