Late Holocene multisource material input into the Aegean Sea: Depositional and post-depositional processes

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 657-672

  Giresse, Pierre ^a   Buscail, Roselyne ^a   Charrière, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Deposit; Late Holocene

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AMMONIA BECCARII; CHARACEA OOGONS; ELPHIDIUM; ELPHIDIUM CRISPUM; FRAXINUS;

EID: 0344497362     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceact.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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