Quantification of refractory organic material in Amazon mudbanks of the French Guiana Coast

Marine Geology

Volumn 363, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-101

  Williams, Elizabeth K ^a   Rosenheim, Brad E ^b   Allison, Mead ^a   McNichol, Ann P ^c   Xu, Li ^c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Mudbanks; Radiocarbon; Ramped pyrolysis; Sedimentary organic material (SOM)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CARBON CYCLING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUDBANKS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; RADIOCARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING; REFRACTORY ORGANIC MATERIALS; TERRESTRIAL SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CARBON CYCLE; HUMIC ACID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUDBANK; OVERTURN; PYROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL CARBON;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 84923605118     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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