A comparative study of the geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of the S1 sapropel in the western and eastern Mediterranean

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2003, Pages 23-37

  Martinez Ruiz F ^a   Paytan, A ^b   Kastner, M ^c   Gonzalez Donoso J M ^d   Linares, D ^d   Bernasconi, S M ^e   Jimenez Espejo, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate; Eastern Mediterranean; Productivity; Sapropel S1; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; QUATERNARY; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037440486     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00597-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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