Recent sediments, sediment accumulation and carbon burial at Goban Spur, N.W. European Continental Margin (47-50°N)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 5-35

  Van Weering, Tj C E ^a   Hall, I R ^b   De Stigter, H C ^a   McCave, I N ^b   Thomsen, L ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032422929     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(98)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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