Sources and transport of land-derived particulate and dissolved organic matter in the Gulf of Mexico (Texas shelf/slope): The use of lignin-phenols and loliolides as biomarkers

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 65-78

  Bianchi, Thomas S ^a   Lambert, Corey D ^a   Santschi, Peter H ^b   Guo, Laodong ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Gulf of Mexico; Lignin phenols; Loliolides; Particulate organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); LOLIOLIDES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (POC);

CARBON; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LIGNIN; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHENOLS; SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BIOMARKERS;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL SOURCE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0031200988     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00040-5     Document Type: Article

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