Recent sediment accumulation, organic carbon burial and transport in the northeastern North Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 173-187

  De Haas, Henk ^a   Van Weering, Tjeerd C E ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accumulation; Holocene; North Sea; organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BURIAL; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030621236     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00072-2     Document Type: Article

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