Mediterranean functioning and sapropel formation: Respective influences of climate and hydrological changes in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean

Marine Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 29-39

  Béthoux, Jean Pierre ^a   Pierre, Catherine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic influence; Mediterranean; Sapropel formation; Water budget

Indexed keywords

OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSALINITY; QUATERNARY; SAPROPEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0345003932     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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