The kaolinite/chlorite clay mineral ratio in surface sediments of the southern Baltic Sea as an indicator for long distance transport of fine-grained material

Baltica

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Leipe, Thomas ^a   Gingele, Franz Xaver ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Chlorite; Clay minerals; Kaolinite; North Sea; Pathways; Recent sediments; Rivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745492091     PISSN: 00673064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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