Luminescence dating of the top of a deep water core from the NESTOR site near the Hellenic Trench, east Mediterranean Sea

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-81

  Polymeris, George S ^a,b   Kitis, George ^a   Liolios, Anastasios K ^a   Sakalis, Anastasios ^b   Zioutas, Konstantin ^c   Anassontzis, Efstratios G ^d   Tsirliganis, Nestor C ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dating; Deep sea sediments; Hellenic Trench; Luminescence; Mediterranean Sea; NESTOR; Volcanic tephra

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; DEEP WATER; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEAFLOOR; TEPHRA; TRENCH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER DEPTH;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; HELLENIC TRENCH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SANTORIN; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 53049094074     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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