Does a strong pycnocline impact organic-matter preservation and accumulation in an anoxic setting? The case of the Orca Basin, Gulf of Mexico

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Tribovillard, Nicolas ^a   Bout Roumazeilles, Viviane ^a   Sionneau, Thomas ^a   Serrano, Jean Carlos Montero ^a   Riboulleau, Armelle ^a   Baudin, François ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Clay minerals; Holocene; Organic matter preservation; Palynofacies

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BRINE; CLAY MINERAL; FACIES; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PYCNOCLINE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; ORCA BASIN;

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 60449110287     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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