Organic matter diagenesis in sediments on the continental shelf and slope of the Eastern Tropical and temperate North Pacific

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1331-1351

  Kristensen, Erik ^a   Devol, Allan H ^b   Hartnett, Hilairy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DIAGENESIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032799844     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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