Organic matter budget in the Southeast Atlantic continental margin close to the Congo Canyon: In situ measurements of sediment oxygen consumption

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2223-2238

  Rabouille, C ^a   Caprais, J C ^b   Lansard, B ^a   Crassous, P ^b   Dedieu, K ^a   Reyss, J L ^a   Khripounoff, A ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Congo Submarine Canyon; In situ oxygen demand; Organic carbon burial; Organic carbon recycling in sediments; Sediment carbon budget

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGETS; CONGO SUBMARINE CANYON; IN SITU OXYGEN DEMAND; IN-SITU; ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL; OXYGEN DEMAND; SUBMARINE CANYON;

BUDGET CONTROL; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MICROELECTRODES; MINERALOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OXYGEN; RADIOISOTOPES; RECYCLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TURBIDITY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POREWATER; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; TRACER;

EID: 71749112756     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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