Flocculation, heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Zn) and the sand-mud transition on the Adriatic continental shelf, Italy

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 475-488

  George, Douglas A ^a   Hill, Paul S ^b   Milligan, Timothy G ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Flocculation; Heavy metals; Sand mud transition; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPTH; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLOCCULATION; HEAVY METAL; MUD; SAND; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PESCARA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRONTO RIVER;

EID: 33846850171     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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