Paleoenvironmental significance of clay mineral assemblages in the southeastern Arabian Sea during last 30 kyr

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-185

  Das, Siddhartha Sankar ^a   Rai, Ajai K ^a   Akaram, Vaseem ^a   Verma, Dhananjai ^a   Pandey, A C ^a   Dutta, Koushik ^b,c   Ravi Prasad, G V ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Clay mineral; Holocene; Monsoon; Western India

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MINERAL; CLAY MINERAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GIBBSITE; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SMECTITE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LAKSHADWEEP;

EID: 84875400462     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-012-0251-1     Document Type: Article

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