Black carbon in marine particulate organic carbon: Inputs and cycling of highly recalcitrant organic carbon in the Gulf of Maine

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 172-181

  Flores Cervantes, D Xanat ^a   Plata, Desiree L ^a,b   MacFarlane, John K ^a   Reddy, Christopher M ^b   Gschwend, Philip M ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Carbon cycle; Gulf of Maine; Particulate organic carbon; Seawater

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOLOGICAL TIME; PAH; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 63649155947     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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