Riverine sources and estuarine fates of particulate organic carbon from North China in late summer

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 439-448

  Zhang, J ^a   Liu, S M ^a   Xu, H ^a   Yu, Z G ^a   Lai, S Q ^b   Zhang, H ^b   Geng, G Y ^b   Chen, J F ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Particulate organic matter; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CHINA; LUANCHE ESTUARY; SHIANGTAIZIHE ESTUARY; YALUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 0032033772     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0277     Document Type: Article

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