A sediment and organic carbon budget for the Canadian beaufort shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 255-273

  Macdonald, R W ^a   Solomon, S M ^b   Cranston, R E ^b   Welch, H E ^c   Yunker, M B ^a   Gobeil, C ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Budget; Carbon; Continental shelf; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLOBAL CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARCTIC OCEAN, BEAUFORT SHELF;

EID: 0030623250     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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