Neogene sapropels in the Mediterranean: A review

Marine Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 11-28

  Cramp, Adrian ^a   O'Sullivan, Gerard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astronomical cyclicity; Climate amelioration; Mediterranean; Neogene; Sapropels

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032932564     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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