The anatomy and provenance of thick volcaniclastic flows in the Cretan Basin, South Aegean Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 113-135

  Anastasakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

lithostratigraphy; megaturbidites; reflected turbidites; Santorini; South Aegean; volcaniclastic sedimentation

Indexed keywords

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MEGATURBIDITES; REFLECTED TURBIDITES; SANTORINI; SOUTH AEGEAN; VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTATION;

GRAVITATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES; TURBIDITY;

VOLCANOES;

CORE ANALYSIS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FACIES; GRAVITY FLOW; LITHOFACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MUD VOLCANO; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TURBIDITE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AEGEAN SEA; CRETAN BASIN; CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SANTORIN; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247605441     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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