Sedimentary organic matter preservation: an assessment and speculative synthesis

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 1995, Pages 81-115

  Hedges, John I ^a   Keil, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 0028869261     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4203(95)00008-F     Document Type: Note

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