Organic-rich layers in the Metochia section (Gavdos, Greece): Evidence for a single mechanism of sapropel formation during the past 10 My

Marine Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 117-135

  Schenau, S J ^a   Antonarakou, A ^b   Hilgen, F J ^a   Lourens, L J ^a   Nijenhuis, I A ^a   Van Der Weijden, C H ^a   Zachariasse, W J ^a  

^a Inst Earth Sci Budapestlaan 4 U   (Netherlands)

^b Subfaculty Earth Sci P ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Geochemistry; Micropaleontology; Miocene; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

GREECE;

EID: 0032956612     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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