The rare earth element chemistry of estuarine surface sediments in the Chesapeake Bay

Chemical Geology

Volumn 272, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 20-30

  Hannigan, Robyn ^a   Dorval, Emmanis ^b   Jones, Cynthia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Dorval Initiative de Recherche Ecologique and Consultation   (Haïti)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine sediment; Europium anomaly; Rare earth elements; Sediment chemistry

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUROPIUM; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; POREWATER; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER FLOW;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950630413     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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