Abundance, distribution, and isotopic composition of particulate black carbon in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 7619-7625

  Yang, Weifeng ^a   Guo, Laodong ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

black carbon; Gulf of Mexico; Mississippi River; POC; 13C

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; ISOTOPES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOOT;

BLACK CARBON; GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; GULF OF MEXICO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POC;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALLOCHTHON; BLACK CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REACTION KINETICS; SOOT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84912116200     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061912     Document Type: Article

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