Remineralization rates, recycling, and storage of carbon in Amazon shelf sediments

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 753-786

  Aller, R C ^a   Blair, N E ^b   Xia, Q ^a   Rude, P D ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON CYCLING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; DRAINAGE; RECYCLING; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELF SEDIMENTS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON CYCLING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CYCLING; DIAGENESIS; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENT; RECYCLING; SEDIMENT; STORAGE;

ATLANTIC, AMAZON CONTINENTAL SHELF; ATLANTIC, AMAZON SHELF;

EID: 0029751081     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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