The burial efficiency of organic carbon in the sediments of Lake Kinneret

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-364

  Sobek, Sebastian ^a,b,c   Zurbrügg, Roland ^a,b   Ostrovsky, Ilia ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Lake sediment; Mineral particle characteristics; Organic matter mineralization; Oxygen exposure; Sediment resuspension

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DEPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGENATION; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRAP; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 79960598610     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-011-0183-x     Document Type: Article

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