The sapropel record of the eastern Mediterranean Sea - Results of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 160

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 371-395

  Emeis, Kay Christian ^a   Sakamoto, Tatsuhiko ^b   Wehausen, R ^c   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Mediterranean Sea; Productivity; Sapropel; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0034657989     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00059-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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