Framboidal pyrites in late Quaternary core sediments of the East Sea and their paleoenvironmental implications

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-215

  Park, Myong Ho ^a   Kim, Il Soo ^a   Ryu, Byong Jae ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dark laminated mud; East Sea; Euxinic; Framboidal pyrite; Late Quaternary

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249135284     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910287     Document Type: Article

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