Geochemical approach to the sedimentary evolution of the Bay of Nice (NW Mediterranean sea)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-239

  Di Lauro, Anna ^a,b   Fernex, François ^a   Fierro, Giuliano ^b   Ferrand, Jean Luc ^a   Pupin, Jean Pierre ^a   Gasparro, Joël ^c,d  

^a Laboratoire de Geochimie Isotopique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beach replenishment; Lead isotopes; Metals; NW Mediterranean; Sediment accumulation rate; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; LEAD ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0742288356     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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