Decadal-scale sediment dynamics and environmental change in the Albemarle Estuarine System, North Carolina

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 717-729

  Corbett, D Reide ^a   Vance, Dave ^a   Letrick, Erin ^a   Mallinson, David ^a   Culver, Stephen ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental change; estuary; organic matter; sediment accumulation; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ALBEMARLE ESTUARY; ALBEMARLE SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846219176     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.09.024     Document Type: Article

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