Dating the sea of marmara sediments by a uniform mixing model

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-104

  Gokmen A ^a   Yildiz, M ^a   Erten, H N ^b   Salihoglu I ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD 210;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MODEL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

LEAD-210; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIXING MODEL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; UNIFORM MIXING MODEL;

MARMARA SEA;

EID: 0029667474     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0265-931X(95)00074-K     Document Type: Article

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