Modern organic carbon deposition in the Laptev Sea and the adjacent continental slope: Surface water productivity vs. terrigenous input

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 379-390

  Fahl, Kirsten ^a   Stein, Ruediger ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkenones; Arctic Ocean; Fatty acids; Laptev Sea; Marine organic matter; Terrigenous organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALKENONES; TERRIGENOUS ORGANIC MATTER;

ALGAE; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031103855     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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