Pokras, Edward M. (1989): Pliocene history of south Saharan/Sahelian aridity; record of freshwater diatoms (genus Melosira) and opal phytoliths, ODP sites 662 and 664
Leg/Site/Hole:
Related Expeditions:
ODP 108
Identifier:
ID:
1990-026526
Type:
georefid
Creator:
Name:
Pokras, Edward M.
Affiliation:
Lamont-Doherty Geol. Obs., Palisades, NY, United States
Role:
author
Identification:
Title:
Pliocene history of south Saharan/Sahelian aridity; record of freshwater diatoms (genus Melosira) and opal phytoliths, ODP sites 662 and 664
Year:
1989
Source:
In: Leinen, Margaret (editor), Sarnthein, Michael (editor), Paleoclimatology and paleometeorology; modern and past patterns of global atmospheric transport
Publisher:
D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht-Boston, International
Volume:
282
Issue:
Pages:
795-804
Abstract:
Language:
English
Genre:
Rights:
URL:
Coverage: Geographic coordinates: North:0.0626 West:-23.1339 East:
-11.4421 South:-1.2325
Keywords: Quaternary geology; Africa; algae; arid environment; Atlantic Ocean; Cenozoic; diatoms; framework silicates; fresh-water environment; Leg 108; Melosira; microfossils; monsoons; Neogene; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 662; ODP Site 664; opal; paleoatmosphere; paleocirculation; paleoclimatology; phytoliths; Plantae; Pliocene; Sahara; Sahel; silica minerals; silicates; South Atlantic; Southeast Atlantic; stratigraphy; terrestrial environment; Tertiary; thallophytes; wind transport;
.