Why some Mediterranean sapropels survived burn-down (and others did not)

Marine Geology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 51-60

  Jung, M ^a   Ilmberger, J ^a   Mangini, A ^b   Emeis, K C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early diagenesis; Mediterranean sapropels; Numerical model; Organic carbon preservation; Post depositional oxidation; Sapropel ghosts

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; BURN DOWN; BURN-DOWN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGENATION; SAPROPEL; SAPROPELS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0342506488     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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