Deposition of organic carbon in Arctic Ocean sediments: Terrigenous supply vs marine productivity

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-436

  Schubert, C J ^a,b   Stein, R ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

arctic sediments; marine productivity; organic matter in arctic sediments; sea ice transport

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARCTIC OCEAN SEDIMENTS; MARINE PRODUCTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA ICE TRANSPORT;

SEDIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCTIVITY; SEA ICE; SEA-ICE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTS; TERRIGENOUS SUPPLY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0030113659     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00042-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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