A distal 140 kyr sediment record of Nile discharge and East African monsoon variability
Clay mineral assemblages in a sediment core from the distal Nile discharge plume off Israel have been used to reconstruct the late Quaternary Nile sediment discharge into the eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS). The record spans the last ca. 140 kyr. Smectite abundances indicate the influence of the Blu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Climate of the Past |
| Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/12/713/2016/cp-12-713-2016.pdf |