Spatial distribution of organic and sulfur geochemical parameters of oxic to anoxic surface sediments in Beppu Bay in southwest Japan

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 348-358

  Kuwae, Michinobu ^a   Yamaguchi, Hitomi ^a   Tsugeki, Narumi K ^b   Miyasaka, Hitoshi ^a   Fukumori, Kayoko ^a   Ikehara, Minoru ^c   Genkai Kato, Motomi ^a   Omori, Koji ^a   Sugimoto, Takashige ^d   Ishida, Shingo ^a   Takeoka, Hidetaka ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anoxic; Beppu Bay; C N ratio; C S ratio; Japan; stable carbon and nitrogen isotope; surface sediment; total sulfur

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIC SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ASIA; BEPPU BAY; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; OITA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33847112556     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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