Unsteady diagenetic processes and sulfur biogeochemistry in tropical deltaic muds: Implications for oceanic isotope cycles and the sedimentary record

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4671-4692

  Aller, Robert C ^a   Madrid, Vanessa ^b   Chistoserdov, Andrei ^b   Aller, Josephine Y ^a   Heilbrun, Christina ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MUD; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFUR CYCLE;

AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 77954235650     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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