Sediment geochemistry and mineralogy in Milos bay, SW Kyklades, Aegean Sea, Greece

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 269-281

  Karageorgis, A ^a   Anagnostou, Ch ^a   Sioulas, A ^b   Chronis, G ^a   Papathanassiou, E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b Hydrobiological Station of Rodos   (Greece)

^c EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Heavy metals; Milos Island; Sediment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

GREECE;

EID: 0031741289     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(97)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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