Last glacial-Holocene sediment sequences in N. Aegean basins: Structure, accumulation rates and clay mineral distribution

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-111

  Roussakis, G ^a   Karageorgis, A P ^a   Conispoliatis, N ^b   Lykousis, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 2542502730     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-004-0167-0     Document Type: Article

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