The pre-Littorina diatom stratigraphy and sediment sulphidisation record from the west-central Baltic Sea: Implications of the water column salinity variations

GFF

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-65

  Lepland, Aivo ^a,b   Heinsalu, Atko ^b,c   Stevens, Rodney L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Ancylus lake; Baltic sea; Diatoms; Fe sulphides; Yoldia sea

Indexed keywords

ANCYLUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; LITTORINA; YOLDIA;

EID: 0001848653     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035899901211057     Document Type: Article

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