The influence of organic matter decay on the distribution of major and trace elements in ombrotrophic mires - a case study from the Harz Mountains

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-136

  Biester, Harald ^a   Hermanns, Yvonne Marie ^a   Martinez Cortizas, Antonio ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DUST; MIRE; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

GERMANY; HARZ MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84859265333     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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