Organic carbon burial in Mediterranean sapropels intensified during Green Sahara Periods since 3.2 Myr ago

Dark organic-rich layers (sapropels) have accumulated in Mediterranean sediments since the Miocene due to deep-sea dysoxia and enhanced carbon burial at times of intensified North African run-off during Green Sahara Periods (GSPs). The existence of orbital precession-dominated Saharan aridity/humidi...

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Published in:	Communications earth & environment Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors:	Grant, Katharine M., Amarathunga, Udara, Amies, Jessica D., Hu, Pengxiang, Qian, Yao, Penny, Tiah, Rodriguez-Sanz, Laura, Zhao, Xiang, Heslop, David, Liebrand, Diederik, Hennekam, Rick, Westerhold, Thomas, Gilmore, Stewart, Lourens, Lucas J., Roberts, Andrew P., Rohling, Eelco J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group 13-01-2022 Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	Aridity Carbon Deep sea Fluvial sediments Glaciation Glaciology High resolution Miocene Northern Hemisphere Organic carbon Runoff Sapropels Sediments
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