Clay mineralogy, grain size distribution and their correlations with trace metals in the salt marsh sediments of the Skallingen barrier spit, Danish Wadden Sea

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 759-769

  He, Changling ^a   Bartholdy, Jesper ^a   Christiansen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clays; Grain sizes; Salt marsh; Statistical analyses; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALOGY; CONTROLLING MECHANISM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FINE GRAINS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SALT MARSHES; SMECTITES; TRACE METAL; TURNING POINTS; WADDEN SEA;

ADSORPTION; CLAY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; KAOLINITE; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; WETLANDS;

SEDIMENTS;

ADSORPTION; CLAY MINERAL; CORRELATION; GRAIN SIZE; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE METAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; NORTH SEA; SKALLINGEN PENINSULA; SYDDANMARK; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84866454729     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1536-z     Document Type: Article

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