Historical reconstruction of organic carbon decay and preservation in sediments on the East China Sea shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1079-1093

  Li, Xinxin ^a   Bianchi, Thomas S ^a,b   Allison, Mead A ^c,d   Chapman, Piers ^a   Yang, Guipeng ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d The Water Institute of the Gulf   (United States)

^e Ocean University of China   (China)

Author keywords

chemical biomarkers; decay; East China Sea; flood; OC cycling; preservation

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; CATCHMENT; DAM; FLOOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGNIN; ORGANIC CARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SHELF SEDIMENT;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84886662739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20079     Document Type: Review

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