Deposition and modification of a flood layer on the northern California shelf: Lessons from and about the fate of terrestrial particulate organic carbon

Marine Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 183-195

  Leithold, Elana L ^a   Hope, Rebecca S ^a  

^a Earth Atmosph Sci N Carolina S ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Eel River; Flood deposit; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLOOD; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTATION; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033514359     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00112-1     Document Type: Article

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