Oxygen and organic carbon fluxes in sediments of the Bay of Biscay

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 528-540

  Mouret, Aurélia ^a   Anschutz, Pierre ^a   Deflandre, Bruno ^a   Chaillou, Gwénaëlle ^a   Hyacinthe, Christelle ^a   Deborde, Jonathan ^a   Etcheber, Henri ^a   Jouanneau, Jean Marie ^a   Grémare, Antoine ^a   Lecroart, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Diffusive oxygen flux; Early diagenesis; Marine sediment; Organic carbon mineralization

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DECAY (ORGANIC); MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIC SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BAY OF BISCAY; CARBON MINERALIZATION; EARLY DIAGENESIS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN FLUXES;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON FLUX; CORE ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 77949570141     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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