Clay mineral distribution patterns in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea during the late Quaternary

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-395

  Anastasakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clay mineral assmeblages; Eastern Mediterranean cores; Environmental provenance; Late Quaternary lithostratigraphy; Nile clays; XRD

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLOODING; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PHASE TRANSITION; PROVENANCE; SAPROPEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WURM;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (SOUTHEAST); NILE RIVER;

MICAS;

EID: 34848826920     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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