Deep sea tephra from Nisyros Island, eastern Aegean Sea, Greece

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 161, Issue , 1999, Pages 69-88

  Hardiman, J C ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033380395     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.161.01.06     Document Type: Article

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