Complex controls on the trace-element chemistry of non-marine ostracods: An example from Lake Patzcuaro, central Mexico

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 117-131

  Bridgwater, Nigel D ^a   Holmes, Jonathan A ^b   O'Hara, Sarah L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene; Mexico; Ostracods; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

MEXICO; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SALINITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

BRACKISH WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032921791     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00179-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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