Factors controlling regional spatial distribution of 53 elements in coastal sea sediments in northern Japan: Comparison of geochemical data derived from stream and marine sediments

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-376

  Ohta, Atsuyuki ^a   Imai, Noboru ^a   Terashima, Shigeru ^a   Tachibana, Yoshiko ^a   Ikehara, Ken ^a   Katayama, Hajime ^a   Noda, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AUTHIGENIC; COAL FIELDS; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL SEA AREA; COASTAL SEAS; DIAGENETIC PROCESS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; FINE SAND; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING; GEOCHEMICAL MAPS; HOKKAIDO; LAND AREAS; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MASS TRANSPORT; MASS-TRANSPORT PROCESS; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; SEA SEDIMENTS; SHELL FRAGMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; STORM WAVES; STUDY AREAS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; VOLCANIC MATERIALS;

ADSORPTION; CHROMIUM; COAL DEPOSITS; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS HANDLING; MERCURY (METAL); MOLYBDENUM; OCEAN CURRENTS; SCANDIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TIN; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

CHEMICAL ELEMENT; CHROMIUM; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DATA INTERPRETATION; DIAGENESIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GRANITE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAFIC ROCK; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS TRANSPORT; NICKEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HOKKAIDO; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 75849159048     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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