Contribution of black carbon in recent sediments of the Gulf of Cadiz: Applicability of different quantification methodologies

Quaternary International

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-272

  De La Rosa, José M ^a   García, Laura Sánchez ^b   De Andrés, José R ^c   González Vila, Francisco J ^d   González Pérez, José Antonio ^d   Knicker, Heike ^d  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BLACK CARBON; CHLORITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXIDATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SODIUM; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 80052647539     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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