Terrigenous organic matter sources and reactivity in the North Atlantic Ocean and a comparison to the Arctic and Pacific oceans

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 66-79

  Hernes, Peter J ^a   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Bermuda Atlantic time series; Diagenesis; Dissolved organic matter; Lignin; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic Ocean; Particulate organic matter; Terrigenous organic matter

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LIGNIN; OCEAN; PHENOL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33645983216     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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