A reassessment of the sources and importance of land-derived organic matter in surface sediments from the Gulf of Mexico

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3055-3075

  Goñi, Miguel A ^a   Ruttenberg, Kathleen C ^b   Eglinton, Timothy I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PROVENANCE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0041988875     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00217-8     Document Type: Article

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