Accumulation rates of major constituents of hemipelagic sediments in the deep Alboran Sea: A centennial perspective of sedimentary dynamics

Marine Geology

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 207-233

  Masque P ^a   Fabres, J ^b   Canals, M ^b   Sanchez Cabeza, J A ^a   Sanchez Vidal, A ^b   Cacho, I ^b,c   Calafat, A M ^b   Bruach, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Cs 137; Main constituents; Organic carbon; Pb 210; Sediment accumulation rates; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL ZONES; LEAD; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SILICA;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; LEAD ISOTOPE; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0242515852     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00593-5     Document Type: Article

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