Permanent seafloor anoxia in coastal basins of the Northwestern Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

Ambio

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 105-108

  Vallius, Henry ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ANOXIA; ARCHIPELAGO; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; DENSE WATER; INFLOW; OCEAN BASIN; SEAFLOOR; SHALLOW WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FINLAND; SEA; SEDIMENT;

CARBON; FINLAND; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 33745887779     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2006)35[105:PSAICB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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48. The author thanks Erkki Lintunen, Pekka Marttila, Tiina Helminen, and Eeva Kauppinen for help during sampling on R/V Kaita. Thanks to Jyrki Hämäläinen and the crew of R/V Geola for Vibra hammer coring and sample treatment, and to the Geolaboratory staff of the GTK for sample handling and analyses. Thanks to Dr. Hannu Seppänen for gamma spectrometry analyses.
49. First submitted 5 Apr. 2005. Accepted for publication 7 Sept. 2005.