A 500 kyr record of global sea-level oscillations in the Gulf of Lion, Mediterranean Sea: New insights into MIS 3 sea-level variability

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1067-1077

  Frigola, J ^a   Canals, M ^a   Cacho, I ^a   Moreno, A ^b   Sierro, F J ^c   Flores, J A ^c   Berne S ^d,h   Jouet, G ^d   Dennielou, B ^d   Herrera, G ^a   Pasqual, C ^a   Grimalt, J O ^e   Galavazi, M ^f   Schneider, R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e Department of Environmental Chemistry   (Spain)

^f Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIOEUSTACY; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84878379342     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-1067-2012     Document Type: Article

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