Late Holocene fine-grained sediments of the Balearic Abyssal Plain, Western Mediterranean Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 25-36

  Zuniga D ^a   Garcia Orellana J ^b   Calafat, A ^a   Price, N B ^c   Adatte, T ^d   Sanchez Vidal, A ^a   Canals, M ^a   Sanchez Cabeza, J A ^e   Masque P ^b   Fabres, J ^a  

^a Paleontologia i Geociències Marines ^*  (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Balearic Abyssal Plain; hemipelagic sedimentation; Late Holocene; turbidite deposits

Indexed keywords

BALEARIC ABYSSAL PLAIN; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTATION; LATE HOLOCENE; TURBIDITE DEPOSITS;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY; ZEOLITES;

SEDIMENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORE ANALYSIS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; OOZE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTATION; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; ZEOLITE;

BALEARIC ABYSSAL PLAIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA; PTEROPODA;

EID: 33846209244     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.034     Document Type: Article

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