A new sediment slicer for rapid sectioning of the uppermost sediment cores from marine and freshwater habitats

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-304

  Kornijów, Ryszard ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corers; Sampling; Sectioning; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; SAMPLER; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

EID: 84872653162     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9655-9     Document Type: Article

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