Geochemistry of a tropical lake (Lake Leopoldo) on pseudo-karst topography within the Roraima Group, Guayana Shield, Venezuela

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 870-886

  Yanes, Carlos ^a   Alvarez, Haymara ^b   Jaffé, Rudolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c Southeast Environmental Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPOSITION; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES;

BIOMARKER COMPOUNDS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; PSEUDO-KARST TOPOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY MATERIALS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PSEUDOKARST; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZONAS [VENEZUELA]; GUYANA SHIELD; LAKE LEOPOLDO; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33747061078     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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