Early diagenesis: Impact of organic matter on mass physical properties and processes, California continental margin

Marine Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 7-34

  Bennett, Richard H ^a   Ransom, Barbara ^b   Kastner, Miriam ^b   Baerwald, Roy J ^c   Hulbert, Matthew H ^d   Sawyer, William B ^g   Olsen, Harold ^e   Lambert, Michael W ^f  

^a SEAPROBE Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d Resource Dynamics   (United States)

^e Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Bacteria; Continental margin; Geotechnical properties; Organic carbon; Sedimentation; TEM data

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIAGENESIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032796769     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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