Controls on phosphorus regeneration and burial during formation of eastern Mediterranean sapropels

Marine Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 141-159

  Slomp, Caroline P ^a   Thomson, John ^b   De Lange, Gert J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxic sediments; Mediterranean sapropels; Phosphorus; Redox

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDES; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION RATES;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 0842284798     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00335-9     Document Type: Article

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