Grain-size analysis of the Neogene red clay formation in the Pannonian Basin

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-178

  Kovács, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Grain size; Neogene; Pannonian Basin; Red clay; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CLAY; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LOESS; PALEOSOL; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 38049056234     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0150-2     Document Type: Article

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