High-resolution geochemical and micropalaeontological profiling of the most recent eastern Mediterranean sapropel

Marine Geology

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 25-44

  Mercone, D ^a   Thomson, J ^a   Abu Zied, R H ^a   Croudace, I W ^a   Rohling, E J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barium; Mediterranean Sea; Redox; Sapropel; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

RADIOCARBON YEARS;

CORE ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; SHALE; SURFACE WATERS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0035973283     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00122-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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