Organic matter in sediments of canyons and open slopes of the Portuguese, Catalan, Southern Adriatic and Cretan Sea margins

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-457

  Pusceddu, Antonio ^a   Bianchelli, Silvia ^a   Canals, Miquel ^b   Sanchez Vidal, Anna ^b   Durrieu De Madron, Xavier ^c   Heussner, Serge ^c   Lykousis, Vasilios ^d   de Stigter, Henko ^e   Trincardi, Fabio ^f   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Departmet d'Estratigrafia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea; Open slopes; Sediment organic matter; Submarine canyons; Trophic conditions

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEDIMENT ORGANIC MATTERS; SUBMARINE CANYON; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CANYON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SLOPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77649178660     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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