High rates of organic carbon burial in fjord sediments globally

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 450-453

  Smith, Richard W ^a,b   Bianchi, Thomas S ^c   Allison, Mead ^d,h,i   Savage, Candida ^e,f   Galy, Valier ^g  

^a Global Aquatic Research LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h The Water Institute of the Gulf   (United States)

ⁱ Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FJORD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLOBAL OCEAN; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

EID: 84987813341     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NGEO2421     Document Type: Article

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