Assessment of terrigenous organic carbon input to the total organic carbon in sediments from Scottish transitional waters (sea lochs): Methodology and preliminary results

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 959-970

  Loh, P S ^b   Reeves, A D ^a   Overnell, J ^b   Harvey, S M ^b   Miller, A E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lignin analysis; Loch Creran; Loch Etive; Oxygen uptake; Sedimentary organic carbon

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; LIGNIN; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

LOCH CRERAN; LOCH ETIVE; SCOTLAND (STRATHCLYDE); UNITED KINGDOM;

GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 0036925846     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-6-959-2002     Document Type: Article

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