Sources and early diagenesis of lignin and bulk organic matter in the sediments of the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary and the Saguenay Fjord

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 3-26

  Louchouarn, Patrick ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^a   Canuel, René ^a   Gagné, Jean Pierre ^b   Richard, Louis Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; LIGNIN; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOURCES;

CANADA, QUEBEC, SAGUENAY FJORD; CANADA, QUEBEC, ST LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 0031455440     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(97)00022-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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