Accumulation of organic carbon in western Barents Sea sediments

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 20-21, 2008, Pages 2361-2371

  Carroll, JoLynn ^a   Zaborska, Agata ^b   Papucci, Carlo ^c   Schirone, Antonio ^c   Carroll, Michael L ^a   Pempkowiak, Janusz ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marginal ice zone; Organic matter burial; Seafloor; Sediment accumulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DYNAMICS; FIRE HAZARDS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ARCTIC SHELVES; BARENTS SEAS; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; DERIVED CARBONS; LOW MASSES; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MARGINAL ICE ZONES; MIXING COEFFICIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER BURIAL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIONS; RADIONUCLIDE TRACERS; SEAFLOOR; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATIONS; SEDIMENT SURFACES; SHELF SEDIMENTS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TIGHTLY COUPLED; TIME SCALES; VERTICAL FLUXES;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAFLOOR; TRACER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 57049177127     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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