Source and development of large manganese enrichments above eastern Mediterranean sapropel S1

Paleoceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Reitz, Anja ^a,b   Thomson, John ^c   De Lange, Gert J ^a   Hensen, Christian ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DIAGENESIS; ENRICHMENT; MANGANESE; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGENATION; POINT SOURCE; POREWATER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SAPROPEL; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 34249058717     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005PA001169     Document Type: Article

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