Partitioning of organic matter in continental margin sediments among density fractions

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 211-225

  Wakeham, Stuart G ^a   Canuel, Elizabeth A ^b   Lerberg, Elizabeth J ^b   Mason, Patrice ^b   Sampere, Troy P ^c   Bianchi, Thomas S ^d  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Hydrodynamic sorting; Lignin; River dominated continental margins; Sediment density fractions

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WOODY DEBRIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA SHELF; EEL SHELF; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349795256     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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