Anthropogenic trace metals in the sedimentary record of the Llobregat continental shelf and adjacent Foix Submarine Canyon (northwestern Mediterranean)

Marine Geology

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 213-227

  Palanques, Albert ^a   Masqué, Pere ^b   Puig, Pere ^a   Sanchez Cabeza, Joan Albert ^b,d   Frignani, Mauro ^c   Alvisi, Francesca ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

anthropogenic trace metals; Barcelona; industrial times contamination; marine sediment record; Mediterranean Sea; shelf slope transfer; submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINES;

ANTHROPOGENIC TRACE METALS; INDUSTRIAL TIMES CONTAMINATIONS; MARINE SEDIMENT RECORD; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SHELF-SLOPE TRANSFER; SUBMARINE CANYON;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRACE METAL;

BALEARIC SEA; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FOIX CANYON; LLOBREGAT RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 39049170176     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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