The application of δ13C and C/N ratios as indicators of organic carbon sources and paleoenvironmental change of the mangrove ecosystem from Ba Lat Estuary, Red River, Vietnam

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1475-1486

  Tue, Nguyen Tai ^a,b   Hamaoka, Hideki ^b   Sogabe, Atsushi ^b   Quy, Tran Dang ^c   Nhuan, Mai Trong ^c   Omori, Koji ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Ba Lat Estuary; C N ratio; Mangrove ecosystem; Organic carbon sources; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; CONCOMITANT DECREASE; DIAGENETIC PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENERAL TRENDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; MANGROVE FOREST; MANGROVE LEAVES; MANGROVE SEDIMENTS; MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; ORGANIC MATTER SOURCE; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; RED RIVER; RESIDUAL EFFECTS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TIDAL FLAT; VIET NAM;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BARIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDES; WATER CONTENT; WETLANDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON ISOTOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; LEAF; MANGROVE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POROSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; TIDAL FLAT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTENT;

BA LAT ESTUARY; RED RIVER [ASIA]; VIET NAM;

EID: 80054001201     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0970-7     Document Type: Article

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