Influence of the water content on X-ray fluorescence corescanning measurements in soft marine sediments

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Tjallingii, Rik ^a   Röhl, Ursula ^a   Kölling, Martin ^a   Bickert, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interstitial water; Physical properties; Seawater; Sediment chemistry; X ray fluorescence; XRF core scanner

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449093346     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001393     Document Type: Article

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