Factors controlling the burial of organic carbon in laminated and bioturbated sediments off NW Mexico: Implications for hydrocarbon preservation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1723-1734

  Ganeshram, Raja S ^a   Calvert, Stephen E ^b   Pedersen, Thomas F ^b   Cowie, Gregory L ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); HYDROCARBON; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PRESERVATION; QUATERNARY;

MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032712082     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00073-3     Document Type: Article

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