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Dissolved and particulate Zn were measured in the sea water of the small Gulf of Elefsis, near Athens, Greece, for one year and as a function of depth. Particulate Zn was correlated with magnetic properties. Total Zn distribution in surface and subsurface sea bottom sediments and the partitioning of Zn among various sediment fractions were studied on a number of cores. The results for the Gulf of Elefsis are compared to recent results from other areas.
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Scoullos, M.J. Zinc in seawater and sediments of the Gulf of Elefsis, Greece. Water Air Soil Pollut 16, 187–207 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01046854
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