A geochemical application of the ITRAX scanner to a sediment core containing eastern Mediterranean sapropel units

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 267, Issue , 2006, Pages 65-77

  Thomson, John ^a   Croudace, Ian W ^a   Rothwell, R Guy ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAPROPEL; SCANNER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 33751040507     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.267.01.05     Document Type: Article

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