Geochemistry of salt marsh sediments deposited during simulated sea-level rise and consequences for recent and Holocene coastal development of NW Germany

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-60

  Kolditz, Kerstin ^a   Dellwig, Olaf ^b   Barkowski, Jan ^a   Badewien, Thomas H ^a   Freund, Holger ^a   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; FRACTIONATION PROCESS; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GERMANY; HOLOCENES; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MATERIAL TRANSPORT; PRESSURE GAUGES; SALT MARSHES; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; STORM SURGES; STUDY AREAS; SUSPENDED MATTERS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TIDAL FLAT SEDIMENT; WADDEN SEA; WATER COVER;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FLOODS; MANGANESE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

WETLANDS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; EMBANKMENT; ENRICHMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STORM SURGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSGRESSION;

EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LANGEOOG; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 84855946244     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-011-0250-2     Document Type: Article

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