Deciphering signals of late Holocene fluvial and aeolian supply from a shelf sediment depocentre off Senegal (north-west Africa)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-421

  Nizou, Jean ^a   Hanebuth, Till J J ^a   Vogt, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elemental distribution; Grain size; Late Holocene palaeoclimate; Mineral assemblage; North west Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOCENTER; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SHELF SEDIMENT;

SENEGAL RIVER;

EID: 79955962105     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1467     Document Type: Article

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