Dust accumulation and loess formation under the oceanic semiarid climate of Tenerife, Canary Islands

Sediments formed by mixing dust of Saharan origin with local weathered pyroclastic rocks were investigated using granulometric analyses for environmental reconstruction. For this purpose traditional sedimentological parameters were applied together with indices such as FG (fineness grade) and Kd (de...

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Main Authors: Éva Kis, Ferenc Schweitzer
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2010-07-01
Series:Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
Subjects:
saharan dust
pyroclastic rocks
grain size analysis
sedimentological indices
trade winds
Online Access:https://ojs3.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/article/view/3093
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