Burial and degradation of organic carbon in Louisiana shelf/slope sediments

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 232-244

  Sampere, Troy P ^a,e   Bianchi, Thomas S ^b   Allison, Mead A ^c   McKee, Brent A ^d  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Diagenesis; Gulf of Mexico; Lignin; Mississippi river; Pigment; Sediment biomarkers

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEGRADATION; DIATOM; LIGNIN; ORGANIC CARBON; PIGMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; SOUTHWEST PASS; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 82855175147     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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