Chronological constraints on Pleistocene sapropel depositions from high-resolution geochemical records of ODP sites 967 and 968

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 263-282

  Konijnendijk, T Y M ^a   Ziegler, M ^a   Lourens, L J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astronomical tuning; Mediterranean; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84907434161     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0078-0421/2014/0047     Document Type: Article

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