Nitrogen, as a building block in the structures of nucleic and amino acids, porphyrins, and
amino sugars, is a fundamental player in many biogeochemical cycles. 1 It also shares with …

High-resolution clay mineralogical analyses were performed on sediment deposited during
the last 50,000 yr in the Alboran sea (ODP Site 976). The clay mineral record is compared …

The role of mid-latitude precipitation in the hydrological forcing leading to the deposition of
sapropels in the Mediterranean Sea remains unclear. The new GDEC-4-2 borehole, East …

Different source areas, oceanography and climate regimes influenced the clay mineral
assemblages and grain size distribution of two sediment cores from the North and South …

Paleoclimate records from the western Mediterranean have been used to further understand
the role of climatic changes in the replacement of archaic human populations inhabiting …

Saharan dust outbreaks transport appreciable amounts of mineral particles into the
atmosphere of the Mediterranean Basin. Atmospheric particulates have significant impacts …

Pleistocene succession at Sites U1386 and U1387 (IODP 339) from palaeo-moat and drift
domains of the Faro Drift has been examined to characterize the lithofacies and to identify …

Aeolian dust particles and dust storms play substantial role in climatic and other
environmental processes of the Earth system. The largest and most important dust source …

The mechanisms governing the development of deep-sea fans is a matter of debate and
their understanding at Milankovitch and millenial time-scales is challenged by complex …

Interpretations of magnetic susceptibility variations in circum-Saharan marine sediments
have suggested a close relationship with Saharan dust supply, which assumes that dust …