Sub-recent nitrogen-isotope trends in sediments from Skagerrak (North Sea) and Kattegat: Changes in N-budgets and N-sources?

Marine Geology

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 92-98

  Dähnke, Kirstin ^a,b   Serna, Alexandra ^b   Blanz, Thomas ^c   Emeis, Kay Christian ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

eutrophication; Kattegat; nitrogen isotopes; North Sea; sediments; Skagerrak

Indexed keywords

NORTH SEA (NS); SKAGERRAK;

ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

SEDIMENTATION;

DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALLOW WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

EID: 47349107709     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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