Sedimentary sources of old high molecular weight dissolved organic carbon from the ocean margin benthic nepheloid layer

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 651-660

  Guo, Laodong ^a   Santschi, Peter H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NEPHLOID LAYER; SEAWATER;

EID: 0033996589     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00335-X     Document Type: Article

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