Direct evidence for nitrogen isotope discrimination during sedimentation and early diagenesis in Lake Kasumigaura, Japan

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-183

  Kohzu, Ayato ^a   Imai, Akio ^a   Miyajima, Toshihiro ^b   Fukushima, Takehiko ^c   Matsushige, Kazuo ^a   Komatsu, Kazuhiro ^a   Kawasaki, Nobuyuki ^a   Miura, Shingo ^a   Sato, Takayuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; DEGREE OF MODIFICATION; EARLY DIAGENESIS; HISTORICAL CHANGES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION; ISOTOPIC SHIFT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT CORE; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CORE SAMPLES; ISOTOPES; LAKES; SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; LAKE KASUMIGAURA;

EID: 79251628523     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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