Physicochemical and biological influences on sedimentary-fabric formation in a salinity and oxygen-restricted semi-enclosed sea: Gotland Deep, Baltic Sea

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 352-375

  Virtasalo, Joonas J ^a   Leipe, Thomas ^a   Moros, Matthias ^a   Kotilainen, Aarno T ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Brackish water; Holocene; Laminated sediments; Oxygen deficiency; Trace fossils; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BRACKISH WATER; HOLOCENES; LAMINATED SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; TRACE FOSSILS; TURBIDITES;

COASTAL ZONES; MANGANESE; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; RADIOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY;

LAMINATING;

BIOTURBATION; BRACKISH WATER; CORE ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; LAMINATION; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTATION; TRACE FOSSIL; TURBIDITE;

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

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; LOCKEIA; PLANOLITES;

EID: 78249272566     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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