Mineralization and burial of organic carbon in sediments of the southern Weddell Sea (Antarctica)

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 955-981

  Hulth, Stefan ^a   Tengberg, Anders ^a   Landén, Angela ^a   Hall, Per O J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONATES; COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; MINERALOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PH; SEDIMENTS;

ALKALINITY; ANTARCTICA; MINERALIZATION; SOUTHERN WEDDELL SEA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031170909     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00114-8     Document Type: Article

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