A preliminary study of the geochemistry of methylamines in a salt marsh

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 15-24

  Fitzsimons, Mark F ^a,b   Jemmett, Alan W ^a,c   Wolff, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mersey Estuary; Methylamines; Oglet Bay; Osmoregulation; Pore waters; Salt marsh; Sediments; Tidal inundation

Indexed keywords

METHYLAMINE; OSMOREGULATION; SALT MARSH; TIDAL INUNDATION;

ESTUARIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; OSMOSIS; SEDIMENTS;

AMINES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; METHYLAMINE; OSMOSIS; SALT MARSH;

EID: 0031201014     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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