Sediment reworking rates in deep sediments of the Mediterranean Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2959-2970

  Barsanti, M ^a   Delbono, I ^a   Schirone, A ^a   Langone, L ^b   Miserocchi, S ^c   Salvi, S ^c   Delfanti, R ^a  

^a ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioturbation coefficients Db; Mediterranean Sea; Sediment Mixing Layer SML; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DEEP SEA; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; DOMINANT PROCESS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MAIN PROCESS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIXING LAYERS; MIXING PARAMETERS; MIXING PROCESS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SEDIMENT CORE; SOUTHERN TYRRHENIAN SEA; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CESIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEAD; MIXING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210;

BIOTURBATION; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; MIXING RATIO; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOTURBATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BALEARIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 79958856023     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.025     Document Type: Article

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