Chemical and isotopic alteration of organic matter during early diagenesis: Evidence from the coastal area off-shore the Pearl River estuary, south China

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 372-380

  Chen, Fanrong ^a,b   Zhang, Ling ^a,c   Yang, Yongqiang ^a,c   Zhang, Derong ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chemical and isotopic fractionation; Early diagenesis; Geochemical proxies; Organic matter; South China sea

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; COASTAL ZONES; DEGRADATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FLOW OF WATER; FRUITS; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BACTERIA GROWTHS; BACTERIAL BIOMASSES; BACTERIAL GROWTHS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; CARBON CONTENTS; COASTAL AREAS; DIAGENETIC ALTERATIONS; EARLY DIAGENESIS; EARLY DIAGENESISES; FRACTIONAL; GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; KINETIC; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARIES; RAPID DEGRADATIONS; RELIABLE; SEDIMENT CORES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTH CHINAS; SPECIFIC CLASSES; TOTAL CARBOHYDRATES; TOTAL LIPIDS; TOTAL NITROGENS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS; WATER COLUMNS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

DIAGENESIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC MATTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 54049107738     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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