Role of a strong oxygen-deficient zone in the preservation and degradation of organic matter: A carbon budget for the continental margins of northwest Mexico and Washington State

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-264

  Hartnett, Hilairy E ^a   Devol, Allan H ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DENITRIFICATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

(NORTHWEST); MEXICAN MARGIN; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0037438903     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01076-1     Document Type: Article

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