Stratigraphic signatures due to flood deposition near the Rhône River: Gulf of Lions, northwest Mediterranean Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1877-1894

  Drexler, T M ^a   Nittrouer, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb; Flood deposit; Gulf of Lions; Mediterranean Sea; Rh ne River delta

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; BIOTURBATION; EPISODIC EVENT; FLOOD DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 50849121662     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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