Origin and processing of terrestrial organic carbon in the Amazon system: lignin phenols in river, shelf, and fan sediments

The Amazon River transports large amounts of terrestrial organic carbon (OC<sub>terr</sub>) from the Andean and Amazon neotropical forests to the Atlantic Ocean. In order to compare the biogeochemical characteristics of OC<sub>terr</sub> in the fluvial sediments from the Amaz...

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Main Authors: S. Sun, E. Schefuß, S. Mulitza, C. M. Chiessi, A. O. Sawakuchi, M. Zabel, P. A. Baker, J. Hefter, G. Mollenhauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-05-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/14/2495/2017/bg-14-2495-2017.pdf