Inferring denudation variations from the sediment record; an example of the last glacial cycle record of the Golo Basin and watershed, East Corsica, western Mediterranean sea

Basin Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-218

  Calves G ^a,b,c   Toucanne, S ^c   Jouet, G ^c   Charrier, S ^c   Thereau, E ^c   Etoubleau, J ^c   Marsset, T ^c   Droz, L ^d   Bez, M ^e   Abreu, V ^f   Jorry, S ^c   Mulder, T ^g   Lericolais, G ^c  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^e TOTAL   (France)

^f EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENUDATION; DEPOSITION; DRAINAGE; EXHUMATION; GEOPHYSICS; GLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MASS BALANCE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; WATERSHED;

CORSE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 84875271103     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2012.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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