Sonic and gamma-ray astrochronology: Cycle to cycle calibration of Atlantic climatic records to Mediterranean sapropels and astronomical oscillations

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 695-698

  Sierro, F J ^a   Ledesma, S ^a   Flores, J A ^a   Torrescusa, S ^a   Martinez del Olmo, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Cycles; Gamma ray; Milankovitch; Sonic logging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING;

ASTRONOMICAL TIME SCALE; CLIMATE; CYCLES; CYCLICAL PATTERNS; HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; MILANKOVITCH; PLIOCENE SEDIMENTS; SONIC LOGGING;

GAMMA RAYS;

BOREHOLE LOGGING; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; SAPROPEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 84879883506     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<695:SAGACT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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