Combining sedimentological, trace metal (Mn, Mo) and molecular evidence for reconstructing past water-column redox conditions: The example of meromictic Lake Cadagno (Swiss Alps)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 220-238

  Wirth, Stefanie B ^a   Gilli, Adrian ^a   Niemann, Helge ^b   Dahl, Tais W ^c   Ravasi, Damiana ^d   Sax, Nadja ^b   Hamann, Yvonne ^a   Peduzzi, Raffaele ^d   Peduzzi, Sandro ^d,e   Tonolla, Mauro ^d,e,f   Lehmann, Moritz F ^b   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^g,h  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Alpine Biology Centre Foundation   (Switzerland)

^e Institute of Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^g SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOLOCENE; LAKE WATER; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE METAL; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ALPS; LAKE CADAGNO; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 84881489232     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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