Origin and transport of sedimentary organic matter in the Yalujiang Estuary, North China

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 583-592

  Wu, Ying ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Ki, Woong Cho ^c   Gi, Hoon Hong ^c   Chang, Soo Chung ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4344693546     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02907646     Document Type: Article

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