Organic content and preservational controls in surficial shelf and slope sediments from the Arabian Sea (Pakistan margin)

Marine Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-38

  Cowie, Gregory L ^a   Calvert, Stephen E ^a   Pedersen, Tom F ^a   Schulz, Hartmut ^b   Von Rad, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental slope; Organic content; Slope sediments

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PRESERVATION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0033568557     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00053-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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