Black carbon in marine sediments

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 245-252

  Middelburg, Jack J ^a   Nieuwenhuize, Joop ^a   Van Breugel, Peter ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Black Sea; Degradation; Eastern Mediterranean; North Sea; Organic carbon; Scheldt Estuary; Sediments; Soot carbon; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 0033005894     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(99)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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