Holocene history of the Baltic Sea as recorded in a sediment core from the Gotland Deep

Marine Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 183-201

  Sohlenius, G ^a   Sternbeck, J ^a   Andren E ^a   Westman, P ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Authigenic minerals; Baltic Sea; Holocene; Laminated sediments; Siliceous microfossils

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOSALINITY; REDOX; REDOX CONDITIONS; SALINITY; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS; YOLDIA SEA;

BALTIC SEA, GOTLAND DEEP;

EID: 0030423491     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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