River discharge influences on particulate organic carbon age structure in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River System

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-166

  Rosenheim, Brad E ^a   Roe, Kimberly M ^a   Roberts, Brian J ^b   Kolker, Alexander S ^b   Allison, Mead A ^c   Johannesson, Karen H ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon; isotope; POC; radiocarbon; river

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

MISSISSIPPI-ATCHAFALAYA RIVERS; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POC; RADIOCARBON; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS; SINGLE COMPONENTS; THERMO-CHEMICAL STABILITY;

RIVERS;

AGE STRUCTURE; BEDLOAD; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SINK; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PYROLYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877955255     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20018     Document Type: Article

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