Depositional processes of organic matter in the Rhone river delta (Gulf of Lion, France) traced by density fractionation coupled with ∆14C and δ13C

Radiocarbon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 920-931

  Toussaint, Flora ^a   Tisnérat Laborde, Nadine ^a   Cathalot, Cécile ^a   Buscail, Roselyne ^b   Kerhervé, Philippe ^b   Rabouille, Christophe ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Density fractions; Radiocarbon; Sediment; Stable isotopes of carbon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENSITY; DILUTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

FRANCE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 84879014335     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16287     Document Type: Article

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