Vertical and temporal variability of redox zonation in the water column of the Cariaco Basin: Implications for organic carbon oxidation pathways

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 89-104

  Ho, Tung Yuan ^a,d   Taylor, Gordon T ^a   Astor, Yrene ^b   Varela, Ramon ^b   Müller Karger, Frank ^c   Scranton, Mary I ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fund la Salle de Ciencias Naturales   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anoxic basin; Biogeochemical cycles; Cariaco Basin; Electron acceptors; Redox zonation

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAWATER; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 1442291159     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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