Use of organic biomarkers to trace the transport of marine and terrigenous organic matter through the southwestern canyons of the Gulf of Lion

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Pasqual, Catalina ^a   Lee, Cindy ^b   Goñi, Miguel ^c   Tesi, Tommaso ^c,d   Sanchez Vidal, Anna ^a   Calafat, Antoni ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a   Heussner, Serge ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Cascading; Gulf of Lion; Particulate organic matter; Primary production; Submarine canyons; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; CANYON; CARBON FLUX; LIGNIN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRAP;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80051924074     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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