Distribution of surficial sediments in the Southern Evoikos and Petalioi Gulfs, Greece

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-122

  Karageorgis, A ^a   Anagnostou, C ^a   Sioulas, A ^b   Eleftheriadis, G ^c   Tsirambides, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Grain size; Heavy minerals; Petalioi gulf; Relict sands; Southern evoikos gulf

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349224283     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.282     Document Type: Article

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