Riverine transport of terrestrial organic matter to the North Catalan margin, NW Mediterranean Sea

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-80

  Sanchez Vidal, Anna ^a   Higueras, Marina ^b   Martí, Eugènia ^c   Liquete, Camino ^d   Calafat, Antoni ^a   Kerhervé, Philippe ^b   Canals, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; ORGANIC MATTER INPUTS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84888016832     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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