Observations on trace element hypersaline geochemistry in surficial deposits of evaporation ponds of Exportadora de Sal, Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 133-153

  Shumilin, Evgueni ^a   Grajeda Muoz, Mario ^a   Silverberg, Norman ^a   Sapozhnikov, Dmitry ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Baja California Peninsula; Geochemistry of hypersaline environments; Guerrero Negro salt works; Surficial deposits; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

MEXICO;

EID: 0036800835     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(02)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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