Organic carbon deposition on the North Carolina continental slope off Cape Hatteras (USA)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4687-4709

  Thomas, C J ^a   Blair, N E ^a   Alperin, M J ^b   DeMaster, D J ^a   Jahnke, R A ^c   Martens, C S ^b   Mayer, L ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; POROSITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC CARBON DEPOSITION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036396602     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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