Iron enrichments and Fe isotopic compositions of surface sediments from the Gotland Deep, Baltic Sea

Chemical Geology

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 310-322

  Fehr, Manuela A ^a,b   Andersson, Per S ^b   Hålenius, Ulf ^b   Gustafsson, Orjan ^c   Morth, Carl Magnus ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Fe isotopes; Fe shuttle; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BLACK SEA; FE ISOTOPES; FE SHUTTLE; IRON ENRICHMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; SULFIDIC WATERS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ISOTOPES;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANOXIC SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; ENRICHMENT; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GOTLAND BASIN; GOTLAND DEEP;

EID: 77957151240     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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