Source of the basinal sediments in the Marmara Sea investigated using heavy minerals in the modern beach sands

Marine Geology

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Okay, Nilgün ^a   Ergün, Betül ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heavy minerals; Marmara Sea; Provenance; Sands; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

BASINAL SEDIMENTS; BLACK SEA; HEAVY MINERALS; MARMARA SEA;

BEACHES; GARNETS; MINERAL RESOURCES; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

GEOLOGY;

BEACH; PROVENANCE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY; WORLD;

MARMARA; MICA;

EID: 14944342188     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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