Organic matter and trace element rich sapropels and black shales: A geochemical comparison

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 277-290

  Nijenhuis, I A ^a   Bosch, H J ^a   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a,b   Brumsack, H J ^c   De Lange, G J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black shale; Mediterranean Sea; Sapropel; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ORGANIC MATTER; PLIOCENE; SAPROPEL; TRACE ELEMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033563897     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00083-7     Document Type: Article

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