Amino acid remineralization and organic matter lability in Chilean coastal sediments

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1047-1056

  Pantoja, Silvio ^a,b   Lee, Cindy ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

MINERALIZATION;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACID; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; ORGANIC MATTER; REMINERALIZATION;

CHILE; PACIFIC COAST;

BEGGIATOA; THIOPLOCA;

EID: 0043068300     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(03)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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