A 150-year record of heavy metals in the varved sediments of Lake Bolterskardet, Svalbara

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 436-445

  Sun, Qing ^a   Chu, Guoqiang ^b   Liu, Jiaqi ^b   Gao, Denyi ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LAMINATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ARCTIC; BOLTERSKARDET LAKE; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33748760952     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[436:AYROHM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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