Characterization of macromolecular organic matter in sediment traps from the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1239-1259

  Peulve S ^a   De Leeuw, J W ^b   Sicre, M A ^a   Baas, M ^b   Saliot, A ^a  

^a Observatoire des Sciences de l Univers   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULES; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0029753016     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00442-4     Document Type: Article

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