Multiproxy Late Quaternary stratigraphy of the Nile deep-sea turbidite system - Towards a chronology of deep-sea terrigeneous systems

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Ducassou, E ^a   Capotondi, L ^b   Murat, A ^c   Bernasconi, S M ^d   Mulder, T ^a   Gonthier, E ^a   Migeon, S ^e   Duprat, J ^a   Giraudeau, J ^a   Mascle, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Cnam Intechmer   (France)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Deep sea turbidite system; Eastern Mediterranean; Ecozones; Late Quaternary stratigraphy; Nile area; Planktonic foraminifers

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TURBIDITE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 34250703808     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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