Sources of terrigenous inputs to surface sediments of the Colville River Delta and Simpson's Lagoon, Beaufort Sea, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 808-824

  Schreiner, Kathryn M ^a,b   Bianchi, Thomas S ^a,c   Eglinton, Timothy I ^d   Allison, Mead A ^e,f   Hanna, Andrea J M ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f Water Institute of the Gulf ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic hydrology; Beaufort Sea; Carbon cycling; Colville River; POC

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LIGNIN; MICROALGA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHENOL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COLVILLE DELTA; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SIMPSON DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880174474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20065     Document Type: Article

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