The provenance of sediments in the Gulf of Lions, western Mediterranean Sea

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Revillon S ^a,b   Jouet, G ^b   Bayon, G ^b   Rabineau, M ^a   Dennielou, B ^b   Hemond C ^a   Berne S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

geochemistry; provenance; sediment; weathering

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; STRONTIUM; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY FRACTIONS; COARSE SILT; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; FINE SILT; GRAIN SIZE; GULF OF LION; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC TRACER; ND ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION; PROVENANCE; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SAHARAN DUST; WEATHERING CONDITIONS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROVENANCE; RECONSTRUCTION; WEATHERING PROFILE;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 84860404572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003523     Document Type: Article

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