Chlorophyll-a and pheopigments as tracers of labile organic carbon at the central equatorial Pacific seafloor

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4605-4619

  Stephens, Mark P ^a   Kadko, David C ^a   Smith, Craig R ^b   Latasa, Mikel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL-A; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; LABILE COMPONENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHEOPIGMENT; PHEOPIGMENTS; PIGMENTS; SEA FLOOR; TRACER; TRACERS;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031425820     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(97)00358-x     Document Type: Article

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