Palaeo-environmental variations in eastern Mediterranean sediments: A multidisciplinary approach in a prehistoric setting

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 369-386

  De Lange, Gert J ^a   Van Santvoort, P J M ^a   Langereis, C ^a   Thomson, J ^b   Corselli, C ^c   Michard, A ^d   Rossignol Strick, M ^e   Paterne, M ^f   Anastasakis, G ^g  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d GJosciences de l'Environnement   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032712762     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(99)00037-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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