The water content of lake sediments and its relationship to other physical parameters: An alpine case study

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-212

  Menounos, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dry density; Laboratory techniques; Lacustrine sediments; Organic matter; Water content

Indexed keywords

DRY DENSITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT; LAKE SEDIMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0030616916     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700208     Document Type: Article

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