On the origin of upper Miocene sapropelites: A case study from the Faneromeni section, Crete (Greece)

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 633-645

  Nijenhuis, I A ^a,b   Schenau, S J ^a,b   Van Der Weijden, C H ^a,b   Hilgen, F J ^a,b   Lourens, L J ^a,b   Zachariasse, W J ^a,b  

^a Inst Earth Sci Budapestlaan 4 U   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Earth Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; ORIGIN; PALAEOCLIMATE; SAPROPELITE; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; UPPER MIOCENE;

GREECE, CRETE, FANEROMENI;

EID: 0030485110     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA01963     Document Type: Article

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