Organic matter preservation through the oxygen-deficient zone of the NE Arabian Sea as discerned by organic carbon:mineral surface area ratios

Marine Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-22

  Keil, Richard G ^a   Cowie, Gregory L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NE Arabian Sea; Organic carbon, Mineral surface area

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PRESERVATION;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0033568277     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00052-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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