Bioturbation

Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 395-400

  Shull, D H ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Bioirrigation; Bioturbation; Deposit feeding; Diagenesis; Diffusion; Geochemistry; Macrobenthos; Particles; Pore water; Radionuclides; Radon; Sediment; Stratigraphy; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884454958     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012374473-9.00656-1     Document Type: Chapter

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