The dispersal of sedimentary terrestrial organic matter in the East China Sea (ECS) as revealed by biomarkers and hydro-chemical characteristics

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 952-957

  Zhu, Chun ^a,b   Xue, Bin ^b   Pan, Jianming ^b   Zhang, Haisheng ^b   Wagner, Thomas ^c   Pancost, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; EAST CHINA SEA (ECS); HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT (HMW); LIGNIN-DERIVED PRODUCTS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; N ALKANES; SINGLE SOURCING; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER; YANGTZE RIVER;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; HYDROCARBONS; ISOTOPES; MOLECULES; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMARKER; DISCHARGE; DISPERSAL; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO REGION; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 47849118211     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.04.024     Document Type: Article

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