Cycling of trace metals (Mn, Fe, Mo, U, V, Cr) in deep pore waters of intertidal flat sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2822-2840

  Beck, Melanie ^a   Dellwig, Olaf ^b   Schnetger, Bernhard ^a   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROLOGY; MASS BALANCE; POREWATER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FLAT; TRACE METAL; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 44549086698     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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