Iron isotope variations in Holocene sediments of the Gotland Deep, Baltic Sea

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 807-826

  Fehr, Manuela A ^a   Andersson, Per S ^a   Hålenius, Ulf ^a   Mörth, Carl Magnus ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; ENRICHMENT; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; HOLOCENE; IRON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GOTLAND BASIN; GOTLAND DEEP;

EID: 38349061349     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.11.033     Document Type: Article

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