Spatial and vertical distributions of elements in sediments of the Colorado River delta and Upper Gulf of California

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 113-131

  Shumilin, Evgueni N ^a   Carriquiry, José D ^b   Camacho Ibar, Víctor F ^b   Sapozhnikov, Dmitry ^c   Kalmykov, Stepan ^d   Sánchez, Alberto ^b   Aguíiga García, Sergio ^a   Sapozhnikov, Yuri A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

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

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Colorado River delta; Major elements; Sediments; Trace elements; Upper Gulf of California

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM DEPOSIT; TRACE ELEMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036802222     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(02)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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