A record of Late Quaternary continental weathering in the sediment of the Caspian Sea: Evidence from U-Th, Sr isotopes, trace element and palynological data

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-55

  Pierret, M C ^a   Chabaux, F ^a   Leroy, S A G ^b   Causse, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Climate change; Pollen; Sediment; Sr isotopes; U Th disequilibrium series; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CASPIAN SEA; CATCHMENT AREA; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIAL PERIOD; HOLOCENES; IN-LINE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LATE QUATERNARY; LATEGLACIAL; MECHANICAL EROSION; MINERAL PHASIS; PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; POLLEN; REGIONAL SCALE; RIVER TRANSPORTS; SECULAR EQUILIBRIUM; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION CHARACTERISTIC; SOUTHERN CASPIAN SEA; TRANSITION ZONES; U-TH DISEQUILIBRIUM SERIES; VEGETATION COVER; WEATHERING CONDITIONS; WEATHERING PROCESS;

CARBONATES; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES; STRONTIUM; VEGETATION; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLAY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DETRITUS; DISEQUILIBRIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOLIAN PROCESS; EROSION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SILICATE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSITION ZONE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VEGETATION COVER; WEATHERING;

CASPIAN SEA;

EID: 84865346344     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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