Oxidation of petrogenic organic carbon in the Amazon floodplain as a source of atmospheric CO2

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-258

  Bouchez, Julien ^a,b   Beyssac, Olivier ^c   Galy, Valier ^d   Gaillardet, Jérôme ^a,b   France Lanord, Christian ^e   Maurice, Laurence ^f   Moreira Turcq, Patricia ^g  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e CRPG CNRS   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; AMAZON FLOODPLAIN; AMAZON RIVER; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC CO; FLOOD PLAINS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; LARGE RIVERS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; OXIDATION PROCESS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PETROGENIC; RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY; RIVERINE SEDIMENTS; SILICATE WEATHERING; STABLE PHASE; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WEATHERING;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEGASSING; FLOODPLAIN; GRAPHITE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PETROGENESIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 77951945757     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30608.1     Document Type: Article

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