Griffin, David L. (2002): Aridity and humidity; two aspects of the late Miocene climate of North Africa and the Mediterranean

Leg/Site/Hole: Related Expeditions:

ODP 117
ODP 117 721
ODP 117 722

Identifier: ID:

2002-058262

Type:

georefid

Creator: Name:

Griffin, David L.

Affiliation:

601-425 Simcoe Street, Victoria, BC, Canada

Role:

author

Identification: Title:

Aridity and humidity; two aspects of the late Miocene climate of North Africa and the Mediterranean

Year:

2002

Source:

In: Francis, Jane E. (editor), Smith, M. P. (editor), Palaeoclimate reconstructions using fossils and lithological indicators; proceedings of a Paleontological Association symposium at the Geoscience 2000 meeting of the Geological Society of London

Publisher:

Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Volume:

182

Issue:

1-2

Pages:

65-91

Abstract:

Language:

English

Genre:

Rights:

URL:

Coverage:Geographic coordinates:

	North:16.4039
West:59.5146		East: 59.5147
	South:16.4038

Keywords:

Stratigraphy; Africa; Arabian Sea; arid environment; aridity; Cenozoic; chemically precipitated rocks; climate change; evaporites; humidity; Indian Ocean; Leg 117; Mediterranean region; Mediterranean Sea; Messinian; Miocene; monsoons; Neogene; North Africa; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 721; ODP Site 722; paleoclimatology; sedimentary rocks; terrestrial environment; Tertiary; upper Miocene;

SEDIS - Publications

Griffin, David L. (2002): Aridity and humidity; two aspects of the late Miocene climate of North Africa and the Mediterranean