Impact of climate variability in the western Mediterranean during the last 20,000 years: Oceanic and atmospheric responses

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 2018-2034

  Rodrigo Gamiz M ^a   Martinez Ruiz F ^a   Jimenez Espejo F J ^a   Gallego Torres, D ^a,b   Nieto Moreno, V ^a   Romero, O ^a   Ariztegui, D ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eolian input; Paleoceanographic reconstruction; Paleoclimate; Paleoproductivity; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN INPUT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRIP; HEINRICH EVENT; HUMIDITY; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 79960075192     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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