The effect of grain size and surface area on organic matter, lignin and carbohydrate concentration, and molecular compositions in Peru Margin sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1247-1260

  Bergamaschi, Brian A ^a,c   Tsamakis, Elizabeth ^a   Keil, Richard G ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^b   Montluçon, Daniel B ^a,d   Hedges, John I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; COMPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE; LIGNIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT SURFACE AREA; SURFACE AREA;

PACIFIC, PERU MARGIN;

EID: 0030961313     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00394-8     Document Type: Article

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