Elemental and stable isotope records of organic matter input and its fate in the Pichavaram mangrove-estuarine sediments (Tamil Nadu, India)

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 163-172

  Ranjan, Rajesh Kumar ^a,d   Routh, Joyanto ^b   Ramanathan, AL ^a   Klump, J Val ^c  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon burial; Estuary; Mangrove; Organic carbon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REMINERALIZATION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOCHASTICITY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIA; PICHAVARAM; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 80051942968     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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