Correlation of early and mid-Holocene events using magnetic susceptibility in estuarine cores from bays along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 346-347, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-107

  Simkins, Lauren M ^a   Simms, Alexander R ^a,d   Cruse, Anna M ^a,e   Troiani, Taylor ^a,f   Atekwana, Eliot A ^a   Puckette, James ^a   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Samson Resources   (United States)

^f Devon Energy Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

8.2ka climatic event; Estuarine sediment; Gulf of Mexico; Holocene climate; Magnetic susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; PALEOCLIMATE; RESOLUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRACE METAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84863516707     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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