The provenance of beach sediments on Rhodes, southeastern Greece, indicated by sediment texture, composition and roundness

Geomorphology

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 315-332

  Pyökäri, Mauri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beaches; Provenance; Rhodes (Greece); Sediment transport; Sedimentology; Waves

Indexed keywords

BEACH; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WAVE ACTION;

GREECE, RHODES;

EID: 0030954349     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(96)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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