Overbank sediment sampling in Greece: A contribution to the evaluation of methods for the 'Global Geochemical Baselines' mapping project

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 229-239

  Demetriades, Alecos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Floodplain sediment; Greece; Overbank sediment; Regional geochemical surveys; Stream sediment

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FLOODS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; GEOLOGY; MAPPING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; GREECE; INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE; OVERBANK SEDIMENTS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; REGIONAL GEOCHEMICAL MAPPINGS; STREAM SEDIMENTS;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49649106802     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/08-170     Document Type: Article

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