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CHEMICAL SEDIMENT VARIABLES FROM THE FAROE AREA:
ORGANIC CONTENT, NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, ZINC, AND COPPER
4.c 0,08 0,06 o,0,04 “0,02 0,00 -0,02 Phosphorus/LOI
i i i ó [ I

Sand & Sand Sand Clay Qay
qravel rrixed mixed
4.e
Zinc
0,08
„0,06
O) ’
~cn 0,04
0,02
a e ø ø ð
Sand & Sand Sand Qay Clay
gravel mixed rrixed
4.b 0,15 0,10 1*0,05 0,00 -0,05 Nitrogen/LOI
■ „ H ■ 1 1

Sand & Sand Sand Qay Clay
gravel rnixed mixed

Figure 4. Sediment values (± standard deviation) in relation to sediment type, from Table 2. Left side shows
absolute values and right side figures shows the values related to the organic content of the sample.
gen, total phosphorus, zinc and copper from Johansen (2006) reported on mean
1997. No information is given about the sed- concentrations of selected environmentally
iment type or how the samples were ob- related chemical variables from eight Faroese
tained. localities (Fig. 8). Three of these localities