Rock-magnetic proxies of wind intensity and dust since 51,200 cal BP from lacustrine sediments of Laguna Potrok Aike, southeastern Patagonia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 411, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-86

  Lisé Pronovost, Agathe ^a,b   St Onge, Guillaume ^a,b   Gogorza, Claudia ^c   Haberzettl, Torsten ^d   Jouve, Guillaume ^b,e   Francus, Pierre ^b,e   Ohlendorf, Christian ^f   Gebhardt, Catalina ^g   Zolitschka, Bernd ^h  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b GEOTOP Research Center   (Canada)

^c CIFICEN (CONICET UNCPBA)   (Argentina)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^g ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Dust; Lake sediment; PASADO; Rock magnetism; Southern Hemisphere westerly winds; Wind intensity

Indexed keywords

DUST; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INFILL DRILLING; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MINERALS; ROCKS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILT; WIND;

LAKE SEDIMENTS; PASADO; ROCK MAGNETISM; WESTERLY WINDS; WIND INTENSITY;

SEDIMENTS;

DUST; GRAIN SIZE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK PROPERTY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERLY; WIND FIELD;

ARGENTINA; LAGUNA POTROK AIKE; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA];

EID: 84918839701     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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