Burial of organic carbon in Holocene sediments of the Zhujiang (Pearl River) and Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuaries

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Yang, Shouye ^a   Tang, Min ^b   Yim, Wyss W S ^b,c   Zong, Yongqiang ^b   Huang, Guangqing ^d   Switzer, Adam D ^e   Saito, Yoshiki ^f  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Changjiang; Continental shelf; East Asian monsoon; Estuary; Holocene; Organic carbon; Zhujiang

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARGINAL SEA; MARINE SEDIMENT; MONSOON; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; YANGTZE ESTUARY; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 78650306749     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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