The flux of black carbon to surface sediments on the New England continental shelf

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 465-472

  Gustafsson, Örjan ^a,b   Gschwend, Philip M ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BLACK CARBON; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MARINE SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031823970     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00370-0     Document Type: Article

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