The Bottom Fauna and Sediments in a Drying Phase of a Saline African Lake (L. Chilwa, Malawi)

Changes in the physical and geochemical

Changes in the physical and geochemical properties of suspended sediment delivered to the headwaters of LOIS river basins over the last 100 years: a preliminary analysis of lake and reservoir bottom sediments

✍ I. D. L. Foster; J. A. Lees 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 501 KB

Bottom sediments from a single core retrieved from nine lakes and/or reservoir sites have been analysed for particle size, loss on ignition and the total concentration of Ca, Mg, Na, K, Fe, Al, Mn and P. Site dierences re¯ect the relative signi®cance of autochthonous and allochthonous contributions