Composition of size-fractioned sedimentary organic matter in coastal environments is affected by difference in physical forcing strength

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-32

  Liu, Zhanfei ^a   Breecker, Dan ^a   Mayer, Lawrence M ^b   Zhong, Junyan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; DEGRADATION INDICATORS; DEGRADATION PATTERNS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER LAKES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETRITUS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COPANO BAY; NUECES ESTUARY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84878255152     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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