Quantifying the degradation of organic matter in marine sediments: A review and synthesis

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-86

  Arndt, Sandra ^a,b   Jorgensen B B ^c   LaRowe, D E ^d   Middelburg, J J ^b   Pancost, R D ^a   Regnier, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Marine sediments; Organic matter degradation; Reaction transport modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; DIAGENESIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84878135890     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.02.008     Document Type: Review

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