Geochemical composition of Trondheimsfjord surface sediments: Sources and spatial variability of marine and terrigenous components

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-71

  Faust, Johan C ^a,b   Knies, Jochen ^a,b   Slagstad, Trond ^a   Vogt, Christoph ^c   Milzer, Gesa ^d   Giraudeau, Jacques ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Elemental composition; Fjord environment; Inorganic organic geochemistry; Norway; Surface sediments; Trondheimsfjord

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE VARIATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIAL VARIATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DATA SET; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

NORWAY; TRONDHEIMSFJORDEN;

EID: 84905677030     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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