Terra Rossa in the Mediterranean region: Parent materials, composition and origin

Geologia Croatica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-100

  Durn, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Composition; Mediterranean region; Origin; Parent materials; Terra rossa

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548147352     PISSN: 1330030X     EISSN: 13334875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4154/GC.2003.06     Document Type: Article

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