Arsenic and other trace metals in sediments from the Kara Sea and the Ob and Yenisey estuaries, Russia

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-252

  Loring, D H ^a   Dahle, S ^b   Naes, K ^b   Dos Santos, J ^b   Skei, J M ^b   Matishov, G G ^c  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Diagenesis; Kara Sea; Normalization; Ob estuary; Russia; Sediments; Trace metals; Yenisey estuary

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DIAGENESIS; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE METAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032464274     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009691314353     Document Type: Article

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