Occurrence, stratigraphy and geochemistry of Late Quaternary tephra layers in the Aegean Sea and the Marmara Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 174-192

  Aksu, A E ^a   Jenner, G ^a   Hiscott, R N ^a   Isler E B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; geochemistry major minor trace elements; Marmara Sea; stratigraphy; Tephra layers

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; AEOLIAN ISLANDS; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ELSEVIER (CO); GEOCHEMICAL DATA; IGNIMBRITE; LATE QUATERNARY; MARMARA SEA; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PISTON CORES; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; RADIO CARBON DATING; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EARTH SCIENCES; ISOTOPES; NONMETALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICS; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

LANDFORMS;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA;

AEGEAN SEA; CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SANTORIN; SEA OF MARMARA; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY;

EID: 45049086038     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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