Geochemistry of sediments from the connection between the western and the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Strait of Sicily, ODP Site 963)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2003, Pages 165-194

  Bottcher M E ^a   Rinna, J ^b,e   Warning, B ^b   Wehausen, R ^b   Howell, M W ^c   Schnetger, B ^b   Stein, R ^d   Brumsack, H J ^b   Rullkotter J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e Wills Memorial Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxic; Mediterranean Sea; Pore water; Sapropel; Sulfur; Trace element

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; POREWATER; QUATERNARY; SAPROPEL; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037440520     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00604-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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