Source, transport and fate of terrestrial organic carbon on the western Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Lions, France

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 101-117

  Tesi, Tommaso ^a   Miserocchi, Stefano ^a   Goñi, Miguel A ^b   Langone, Leonardo ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline CuO oxidation; Gulf of Lions; Lignin derived; Organic matter; Phenols; Rh ne river; Stable isotopes; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COPPER COMPOUND; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIGNIN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247642654     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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