Characterizing the depositional settings for sedimentary organic matter distributions in the Lower Yangtze River-East China Sea Shelf System

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-191

  Zhu, Chun ^a   Wang, Zhang Hua ^b   Xue, Bin ^c   Yu, Pei Song ^c   Pan, Jian Ming ^c   Wagner, Thomas ^d   Pancost, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depositional setting; East China Sea; Grain size; Sedimentary organic matter; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CARBON CYCLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 79960441357     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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