Selective preservation of organic matter in marine environments; Processes and impact on the sedimentary record

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 483-511

  Zonneveld, K A F ^a   Versteegh, G J M ^a   Kasten, S ^b   Eglinton, T I ^c   Emeis, K C ^d   Huguet, C ^e,f   Koch, B P ^b   De Lange, G J ^g   De Leeuw, J W ^f,g   Middelburg, J J ^g,h   Mollenhauer, G ^b   Prahl, F G ⁱ   Rethemeyer, J ^b   Wakeham, S G ^j  

^a Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research ^*  (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOMORPH; PRESERVATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

EID: 77149165748     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-483-2010     Document Type: Article

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