Attenuation of rare earth elements in a boreal estuary

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 96, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-119

  Åström, Mats E ^a   Österholm, Peter ^b   Gustafsson, Jon Petter ^c   Nystrand, Miriam ^b   Peltola, Pasi ^a   Nordmyr, Linda ^b   Boman, Anton ^d  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SULFATE SOIL; BOREAL; ESTUARY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84867343859     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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