Sources and transport of terrestrial organic matter in Vancouver Island fjords and the Vancouver-Washington Margin: A multiproxy approach using δ13Corg, lignin phenols, and the ether lipid BIT index

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1054-1063

  Walsh, Elizabeth M ^a   Ingalls, Anitra E ^a   Keil, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FJORD; ISOPRENOID; LIGNIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; PHENOL; PROVENANCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 44949157158     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.3.1054     Document Type: Article

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