Chemical cycles in Pliocene sapropel-bearing and sapropel-barren eastern Mediterranean sediments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 325-352

  Wehausen, Rolf ^a   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclicity; Detrital; Eastern Mediterranean; Geochemistry; Manganese; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POTASSIUM; ROCK; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT; TITANIUM;

EID: 0034658058     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00057-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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