A comparison of equations commonly used to calculate organic carbon content and marine palaeoproductivity from sediment data

Marine Geology

Volumn 347, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Felix, M ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Analytical equations; Burial efficiency equations; Carbon flux equations; Palaeoproductivity calculations; Total organic carbon calculations

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; BURIAL EFFICIENCY; CARBON FLUXES; PALAEOPRODUCTIVITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BULK DENSITY; CARBON FLUX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 84892365690     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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