Geochemical signatures of two different coastal depositional environments within the same catchment

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-260

  Vaalgamaa, S ^a   Korhola, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Estuary; Heavy metals; Lake; Nutrients; Sediment geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CHRONOLOGY; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUTRIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 34547128342     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9071-0     Document Type: Article

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