Composition and behaviour of trace metals in post-oxic sediments of the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-211

  Alongi, D M ^a   Boyle, S G ^a   Tirendi, F ^a   Payn, C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

behaviour; composition; diagenesis; Gulf of Papua; Papua New Guinea; trace metal

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COMPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; MUD; POST-OXIC SEDIMENTS; TRACE METAL; TRACE METALS;

GULF OF PAPUA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA, GULF OF PAPUA;

EID: 0030072281     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0015     Document Type: Article

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