Provenance-related characteristics of beach sediments around the island of Menorca, Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 195-208

  Gómez Pujol, Lluís ^a,b,c   Roig Munar, Francesc X ^b   Fornós, Joan J ^b   Balaguer, Pau ^a   Mateu, Jaume ^b  

^a SOCIB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CARBONATION; CATCHMENTS; LIME; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES;

BIOGENIC CARBONATES; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENT TEXTURES; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

SAND;

CALCARENITE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; GRAIN SIZE; LIMESTONE; MESOZOIC; MIOCENE; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SAND; TERTIARY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SPAIN;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84875385112     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-012-0314-y     Document Type: Article

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