Origin and fate of organic carbon in the freshwater part of the Scheldt Estuary as traced by stable carbon isotope composition

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-186

  Hellings, L ^a   Dehairs, F ^a   Tackx, M ^a   Keppens, E ^a   Baeyens, W ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dissolved inorganic carbon; Particulate organic carbon; Stable carbon isotopes; Zeeschelde

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032856792     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006143827118     Document Type: Article

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