Recent sediments of Makirina Cove (Northern Dalmatia, Croatia): Their origin viewed through a multidisciplinary approach

Geologia Croatica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-72

  Šparica, Marko ^a   Koch, Georg ^a   Belak, Mirko ^a   Miko, Slobodan ^a   Šparica Miko, Martina ^a   Viličić, Damir ^b   Dolenec, Tadej ^c   Bergant, Stanislav ^a   Lojen, Sonja ^d   Vreča, Polona ^d   Dolenec, Matej ^c   Ogrinc, Nives ^d   Ibrahimpašić, Haris ^a  

^a Institute of Geology   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Depositional environment; Geochemistry; Geological setting; Makirina Cove; Mineralogy; Northern Dalmatia; O and C stable isotopes; Palynofacies; Recent sediments; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CROATIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 21644475512     PISSN: 1330030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4154/GC.2005.02     Document Type: Review

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