Carbon and nitrogen elemental and stable isotopic compositions of surficial sediments from the Pakistan margin of the Arabian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 271-282

  Cowie, Gregory L ^a   Mowbray, Stephen ^a   Lewis, Michelle ^a   Matheson, Helen ^a   McKenzie, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chemosynthesis; Isotope; Nitrogen; Oxygen; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BIOTURBATION; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON DISTRIBUTION; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DEPOSITIONAL CONDITION; DOWN-CORE PROFILES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; N VALUE; NEGATIVE VALUES; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PAKISTAN; POST-MONSOON; REDOX CONDITION; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEDIMENT ORGANIC MATTERS; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TIME-SCALES; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTH;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECAY (ORGANIC); FIRE HAZARDS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER CONTENT;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOTURBATION; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DEPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MONSOON; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; WATER DEPTH;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67349133481     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.031     Document Type: Article

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