Composition and provenance of terrigenous organic matter transported along submarine canyons in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-94

  Pasqual, Catalina ^a   Goñi, Miguel A ^b   Tesi, Tommaso ^c,d   Sanchez Vidal, Anna ^a   Calafat, Antoni ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DENSE SHELF-WATER CASCADING; LIGNIN-DERIVED PHENOL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUBMARINE CANYON; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

LIGNIN; PHENOLS; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

BIOMARKER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; POLLEN; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUBMARINE CANYON; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84888069788     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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