Composition, abundance and age of total organic carbon in surface sediments from the inner shelf of the East China Sea

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 145-147, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-52

  Li, Xinxin ^a,b   Bianchi, Thomas S ^a   Allison, Mead A ^c   Chapman, Piers ^a   Mitra, Siddhartha ^d   Zhang, Zhaoru ^a   Yang, Guipeng ^b   Yu, Zhigang ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ocean University of China   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Carbon cycling; Changjiang Estuary; Chemical biomarkers; End members; Flooding event; Radiocarbon; Terrestrial organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOMARKER; BLACK CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CAROTENOID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLOODING; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84870678579     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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