A statistic-thermodynamic model for the DOM degradation in the estuary

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Zheng, Quanan ^a,b   Chen, Qin ^c,e   Zhao, Haihong ^c,e   Shi, Jiuxin ^d   Cao, Yong ^d   Wang, Dan ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER (DOM); THERMODYNAMIC MODELS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SALT; SEAWATER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 44349092448     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033150     Document Type: Article

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