Black Sea impact on the formation of eastern Mediterranean sapropel S1? Evidence from the Marmara Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2003, Pages 9-21

  Sperling, M ^a   Schmiedl, G ^a,d   Hemleben, Ch ^a   Emeis, K C ^b   Erlenkeuser, H ^c   Grootes, P M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b IO Warnemünde ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

18O; Alkenones; Marmara Sea; Planktic foraminifera; Sapropel S1

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGRAPHY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SAPROPEL;

BLACK SEA; SEA OF MARMARA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; MARMARA;

EID: 0037440518     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00596-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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