Mobile deltaic and continental shelf muds as suboxic, fluidized bed reactors

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 143-155

  Aller, Robert C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic remineralization; Continental shelves; Deltas; Elemental cycling; Organic matter preservation; Sediment diagenesis

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DECOMPOSITION; DELTA; FLUIDIZED SEDIMENT FLOW; MUD; OXIC SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 0032145025     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(98)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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