Organic geochemistry of submarine canyons: The Portuguese Margin

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2477-2488

  Kiriakoulakis, Kostas ^a,b   Blackbird, Sabena ^a   Ingels, Jeroen ^c   Vanreusel, Ann ^c   Wolff, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lipid biomarkers; Organic geochemistry; Organic matter preservation; Portuguese Continental Margin; Submarine canyons; Terrestrial organic matter

Indexed keywords

LIPID BIOMARKERS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PORTUGUESE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SUBMARINE CANYONS; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; LIPIDS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMARKER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEA; HETEROGENEITY; LIPID; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE SLOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); NAZARE CANYON;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 80054035731     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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