Particle age distributions and O2 exposure times: Timescales in bioturbated sediments

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Meile, Christof ^a   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOTURBATION; MARINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 27744561838     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GB002371     Document Type: Article

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