Multiproxy characterization and budgeting of terrigenous end-members at the NW African continental margin

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Just, Janna ^a   Heslop, David ^b   Von Dobeneck, Tilo ^a   Bickert, Torsten ^b   Dekkers, Mark J ^c   Frederichs, Thomas ^a   Meyer, Inka ^a,d   Zabel, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; LITHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DUST ACCUMULATION; DUST FLUX; DUST SOURCES; ENDMEMBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVITY CORE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNETIC REMANENCE; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MULTI METHODS; MULTI PROXIES; MULTIPARAMETERS; NUMERICAL STRATEGIES; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; UNMIXING; VEGETATION COVER;

BUDGET CONTROL;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GOETHITE; GRAIN SIZE; HEMATITE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNETITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; VEGETATION COVER;

GAMBIA;

EID: 84867211382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004148     Document Type: Article

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