Geochemistry of Holocene salt marsh and tidal flat sediments on a barrier island in the southern North Sea (Langeoog, North-west Germany)

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-355

  Kolditz, Kerstin ^a   Dellwig, Olaf ^b   Barkowski, Jan ^a   Bahlo, Rainer ^b   Leipe, Thomas ^b   Freund, Holger ^a   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depositional energy; Diatoms; Heavy minerals; Inorganic geochemistry; North Sea; Salt marsh; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENERGY; DIATOMS; HEAVY MINERALS; NORTH SEA; SALT MARSH; TIDAL FLAT;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BEACHES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; IRON OXIDES; LITHOLOGY; MANGANESE OXIDE; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WETLANDS; ZIRCONIUM;

TIDAL POWER;

BARRIER ISLAND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; HOLOCENE; LITHOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SALTMARSH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LANGEOOG; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84855925897     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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