Rare earth elements in coastal sediments of the northern Galician shelf: Influence of geological features

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-85

  Prego, Ricardo ^a   Caetano, Miguel ^b   Bernárdez, Patricia ^a   Brito, Pedro ^b   Ospina Alvarez, Natalia ^a   Vale, Carlos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estuary; Galicia; Lanthanide; NW Spain; Ria; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FRACTIONATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITHOLOGY; MINERAL; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; GALICIAN SHELF;

EID: 84856772537     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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