Active post-depositional oxidation of the most recent sapropel (S1) in sediments of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4007-4024

  Van Santvoort, P J M ^a   De Lange, G J ^a   Thomson, J ^b   Cussen, H ^b   Wilson, T R S ^b,d   Krom, M D ^c   Strohle K ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; MANGANESE; OXIDATION; SAPROPEL; SAPROPELS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030426567     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00253-0     Document Type: Article

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