Dolomite as a tracer for sediment transport and deposition on the northwestern Adriatic continental shelf (Adriatic Sea, Italy)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 14-15, 2003, Pages 1359-1377

  Ravaioli, Mariangela ^a   Alvisi, Francesca ^a   Vitturi, Laura Menegazzo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic continental shelf; Carbonates; Mass budget; Sediment transport; Tracer

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; DOLOMITE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0141975385     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00121-3     Document Type: Article

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