40. MAGNETIC AND MICROFAUNAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LATE QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS FROM THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN: INFERENCES ABOUT SAPROPEL FORMATION AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

ANALYTICAL METHODS AND MATERIALS

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK

RESULTS 101

DISCUSSION

Possible Sources of the Magnetic Minerals

Paleoclimatic Record

Occurrence of Sapropels in the Western Mediterranean

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

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