Radiocarbon in organic compound classes in particulate organic matter and sediment in the deep northeast Pacific Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3583-3586

  Wang, Xu Chen ^a   Druffel, Ellen R M ^a   Lee, Cindy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOHYDRATES; DECAY (ORGANIC); OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; CARBON; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVITY;

CARBOHYDRATE FRACTIONS; CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; INSOLUBLE ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; TOTAL AMINO ACIDS;

ORGANIC CARBON; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DEEP OCEAN; ORGANIC COMPOUND CLASSES; RADIOCARBON;

EID: 0030402144     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03423     Document Type: Article

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