A new look at old carbon in active margin sediments

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-242

  Drenzek, Nicholas J ^a   Hughen, Konrad A ^a   Montlucecon, Daniel B ^a   Southon, John R ^b   dos Santos, Guaciara M ^b   Druffel, Ellen R M ^b   Giosan, Liviu ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON BUDGETS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; HIGHER PLANTS; ISOTOPE MASS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MARINE SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROGENIC; RIVER DELTAS; SMALL MOUNTAINOUS RIVERS; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER; VASCULAR PLANT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; PARAFFINS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON BUDGET; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC CARBON;

CALIFORNIA; EEL RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 69649106689     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25351A.1     Document Type: Article

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