Concentrations of trace elements in recent and preindustrial sediments from Norwegian and Russian Arctic lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1512-1523

  Rognerud, Sigurd ^a   Skotvold, Trond ^a   Fjeld, Eirik ^a   Norton, Stephen A ^b   Hobæk, Anders ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; LAKE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0031763291     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-026     Document Type: Article

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