Speciation and spatial distribution of solid-phase iron in surface sediments of the East China Sea continental shelf

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 892-905

  Zhu, Mao Xu ^a,b   Hao, Xiao Chen ^a,b   Shi, Xiao Ning ^a,b   Yang, Gui Peng ^a,b   Li, Tie ^a,b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATE PARTICLES; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; CLAY FRACTIONS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; DIAGENETICS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; EAST CHINA SEA; FE OXIDE; GLOBAL MARINES; LABILE ORGANIC MATTER; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SINGLE-STEP; SMALL SIZE; SOLID-PHASE; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SULFIDATION; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; YANGTZE ESTUARY; YANGTZE RIVER;

ALUMINOSILICATES; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LAKES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

AGING; BUFFERING; CARBONATE; CLAY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRYSTALLINITY; DEEP SEA; DIAGENESIS; EXTRACTION METHOD; IRON; MAGNETITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); SILICATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84862813482     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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