Impact of Hurricane Katrina (2005) on shelf organic carbon burial and deltaic evolution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Allison, Mead A ^a   Dellapenna, Timothy M ^b   Gordon, Elizabeth S ^c   Mitra, Siddhartha ^d   Petsch, Steven T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBON BUDGETS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; HURRICANE KATRINA; MIDLATITUDES; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; REMINERALIZATION; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW ESTUARY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER DEPTH;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LATITUDE; MAGNITUDE; MINERALIZATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER EVOLUTION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CORE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649233288     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044547     Document Type: Article

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