Saharan aeolian input and effective humidity variations over western Europe during the Holocene from a high altitude record

Chemical Geology

Volumn 374-375, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Jimenez Espejo F J ^a   Garcia Alix A ^b   Jimenez Moreno G ^b   Rodrigo Gamiz M ^c   Anderson, R S ^d   Rodriguez Tovar F J ^b   Martinez Ruiz F ^e   Giralt, Santiago ^f   Delgado Huertas, A ^e   Pardo Iguzquiza E ^g  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lacustrine record; Saharan dust; South Iberia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ECOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; HOLOCENES; INPUT RECONSTRUCTION; LACUSTRINE RECORD; SAHARAN DUST; SOUTH IBERIA; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; WESTERN-CENTRAL EUROPE;

DUST;

CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

SAHARA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84896455035     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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