The sources and accumulation rate of sedimentary organic matter in the Pearl River Estuary and adjacent coastal area, Southern China

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-196

  Zhang, Ling ^a   Yin, Kedong ^a,b   Wang, Lu ^c   Chen, Fanrong ^d   Zhang, Derong ^a   Yang, Yongqiang ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

accumulation rate of sediments; carbon isotope ratio; organic carbon; sediment sources; Southern China; the Pearl River Estuary

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALGA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAGENESIS; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

ALGAE;

EID: 70349845489     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.07.035     Document Type: Article

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