Sediment Response to 25 Years of Persistent Hypoxia

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 461-474

  Lefort, S ^a   Mucci, A ^a   Sundby, B ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Hypoxia; Iron; Manganese; Pyrite; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC; BOTTOM WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYPOXIA; IRON; MANGANESE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 84870766652     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-012-9173-4     Document Type: Article

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