The significance of atmospheric inputs of soluble and particulate major and trace metals to the eastern Mediterranean seawater

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 154-163

  Theodosi, C ^a   Markaki, Z ^a   Tselepides, A ^b,c   Mihalopoulos, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmospheric inputs; Eastern Mediterranean; Major and trace metals; Sediment traps; Solubility; Wet and dry deposition fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY SEASON; PH; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRAP; SOLUBILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 77953233129     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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