Early diagenesis of organic matter in recent black sea sediments: Characterization and source assessment

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 711-720

  Ergin, Mustafa ^a   Gaines, Alec ^a   Galletti, Guido C ^b   Chiavari, Giuseppe ^c   Fabbri, Daniele ^c   Yücesoy Eryilmaz, Fulya ^d  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PROVENANCE;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0030222732     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(96)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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