Thickness of unconsolidated sediments in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Thickness of unconsolidated sediments in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
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1970-02
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Wong, How-Kin
Zarudzki, E. F. K.
Zarudzki, E. F. K.
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Eastern Mediterranean Sea
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10.1575/1912/24577
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Marine geology
Sediments
Mediterranean Sea
Oceanography
Sediments
Mediterranean Sea
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Abstract
The unconsolidated sedimentary layer in the eastern Mediterranean Sea becomes more variable in thickness toward the east. The distribution pattern suggests that the primary sources of sediment in Cenozoic times have been the Nile River, elevated areas of Cyrenaica, the Taurus, and the Apennines.
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Wong, H.-K., & Zarudzki, E. F. K. (1970). Thickness of unconsolidated sediments in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/24577