High-frequency cyclicity in the mediterranean Messinian evaporites: Evidence for solar-lunar climate forcing

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 991-1005

  Manzi, Vinicio ^a,b   Gennari, Rocco ^a,b   Lugli, Stefano ^c   Roveri, Marco ^a,b   Scafetta, Nicola ^d   Schreiber, B Charlotte ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Alpine Laboratory of Palaeomagnetism (ALP)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DEPOSITION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; QUASI-DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

MOON;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CYCLICITY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EVAPORITE; GYPSUM; HALITE; MESSINIAN; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VARVE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84872022572     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2012.81     Document Type: Article

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