Contribution of river-borne soil organic carbon to the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 507-518

  Kim, J H ^a   Zarzycka, B ^a   Buscail, R ^b   Petersen, F ^a   Bonnin, J ^c   Ludwig, W ^b   Schouten, S ^a   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; PH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 75249083275     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.2.0507     Document Type: Article

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