The palaeoenvironments of coastal lagoons in the southern Baltic Sea, I. The application of sedimentary C(org)/N ratios as source indicators of organic matter

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 1-16

  Müller, Anne ^a   Mathesius, Ulrike ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Carbon; Estuaries; Nitrogen; Organic matter; Palaeoenvironments

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COASTAL LAGOON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0345391049     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00094-7     Document Type: Article

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