Interstitial water - Sediment geochemistry of N, P and Fe and its response to overlying waters of tropical estuaries: A case from the southwest coast of India

Environmental Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 633-640

  Babu, K N ^a   Ouseph, P P ^a   Padmalal, D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Early diagenesis; Interstitial water geochemistry; Nutrients; Southwest coast of India; Tropical estuaries

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DIAGENETIC DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; INDIA; INTERSTITIAL WATER; IRON; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PHOSPHORUS; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TROPICS;

CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; IRON; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

DIAGENESIS; INTERSTITIAL WATER; MUDS; TROPICAL ESTUARIES;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ESTUARY; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 0034176644     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050475     Document Type: Article

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