Pollen-corrected leaf wax D/H reconstructions of northeast African hydrological changes during the late Miocene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-71

  Feakins, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep Sea Drilling Program; Hydrogen isotope; Leaf wax; Pollen; Site 231

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAF; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLIOCENE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; TRACER; WAX;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84875066741     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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