200 Year interruption of Holocene sapropel formation in the Adriatic Sea

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-108

  Rohling, E J ^a   Jorissen, F J ^b   De Stigter, H C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER VENTILATION; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE DEPOSIT; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; SAPROPEL; SAPROPELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; SST;

ADRIATIC SEA;

EID: 0031429209     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.16.2.97     Document Type: Article

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