Interplay between sedimentary organic matter and dissolved oxygen availability in a coastal zone of the Humboldt Current System; Mejillones Bay, northern Chile

Marine Geology

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 157-166

  Valdes J ^a   Sifeddine, A ^b,c   Ortlieb, Luc ^b   Pierre, Catherine ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chile; geochemistry; Humboldt system; marine sediment; petrography

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ORGANIC MATTERS; ANNUAL MEAN; ANNUAL VARIABILITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; CHILE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL SYSTEMS; HUMBOLDT CURRENT SYSTEM; HUMBOLDT SYSTEM; HYDROGEN INDICES; MARINE SEDIMENT; NORTHERN CHILE; ORGANIC FACIES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN INDEX; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER DEPTH;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; ECOLOGY; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGENATION; PETROGRAPHY; PORPHYRINS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; METABOLISM; PETROGRAPHY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; MEJILLONES DEL SUR BAY; MEJILLONES PENINSULA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69249184856     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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