Molecular indicators of diagenetic status in marine organic matter

1997/12/01 by Stuart G. Wakeham, Cindy Lee, John I. Hedges +2 · 547 citations
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics #Bacteria #Carbon fibers #Chemistry #Diagenesis #Environmental chemistry #Environmental science #Geology #Heterotroph #Marine and coastal ecosystems #Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena #Mineralogy #Nutrient #Oceanography #Organic chemistry #Organic matter #Paleontology #Particulate organic carbon #Particulates #Photic zone #Phytoplankton #Plankton #Sediment #Total organic carbon #Water column

paper · doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(97)00312-8

published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 61(24), 5363-5369 (Elsevier BV)

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