Sulfur and organic carbon relationship in sediments from coastal brackish lakes in the Shimane peninsula district, southwest Japan

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-262

  Sampei, Yoshikazu ^a   Matsumoto, Eui ^b   Kamei, Takeshi ^a   Tokuoka, Takao ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; CARBON; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; SULPHUR;

JAPAN, HONSHU, SHIMANE PENINSULA, LAKE NAKAUMI; JAPAN, HONSHU, SHIMANE PENINSULA, LAKE SHINJI;

EID: 0030797943     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.31.245     Document Type: Article

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