Sources and distribution of trace and minor elements in the western dead sea surface sediments

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• sea surface 57%
• trace element 50%
• aragonite 41%
• sediment 31%
• distribution 23%
• halite 22%
• lacustrine deposit 17%
• clay mineral 17%
• water depth 16%
• water column 15%
• seawater 13%
• authigenic mineral 12%
• carbonate 12%
• overturn 12%
• phosphate rock 12%
• sea 10%
• oxic conditions 10%
• drainage basin 9%
• detritus 9%
• water mass 9%
• fluvial deposit 9%
• marine sediment 9%
• gypsum 9%
• brine 8%
• outcrop 8%
• stratification 8%
• mud 8%
• deep water 7%
• silicate 7%
• quartz 6%
• salinity 6%
• oxidation 6%
• transition 5%
• metal 5%
• lake 5%
• mineral 5%
• calculation 5%
• removal 5%
• basin 4%
• river 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Trace elements 100%
• Sediments 81%
• Lakes 21%
• Water 19%
• Sodium chloride 12%
• Precipitates 12%
• Carbonate minerals 11%
• Catchments 9%
• Clay minerals 8%
• Gypsum 7%
• Brines 7%
• Silicates 6%
• Phosphates 6%
• Carbonates 6%
• Seawater 6%
• Quartz 6%
• Minerals 6%
• Rivers 5%
• Clay 5%
• Oxidation 5%
• Rocks 5%
• Chemical analysis 3%
• Metals 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Aragonite 89%
• Halite 54%
• Carbonate Mineral 25%
• Phosphate Rock 24%
• Surface 21%
• Gypsum 20%
• Column Like Crystal 19%
• Clay Mineral 19%
• Salinity 19%
• Quartz 14%
• Carbonate 13%
• Oxidation Reaction 7%
• Metal 7%