Field observations of the isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon in the southern North Sea and adjacent estuaries

W Salomons, WG Mook - Marine Geology, 1981 - Elsevier
The carbon isotopic composition of the organic matter in fluvial sediments and in fluvial
suspended matter falls in the range valid for continental organic matter (− 25 to− 28‰). The …

Organic carbon isotope ratios in recent sediments in the St Lawrence Estuary and the Gulf of St Lawrence

FC Tan, PM Strain - Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 1979 - Elsevier
The distribution of 13 C in the organic fraction of surface sediments has been determined in
order to examine the relative contributions of terrestrial and marine organic carbon to …

The depositional history and isotopic organic carbon composition of marine sediments

WM Sackett - Marine Geology, 1964 - Elsevier
The total organic carbon in cores of Recent marine sediments has a δ 13 C-range from− 16
to− 28‰ relative to the Chicago PDB-standard. This large range is primarily due to the …

Stable carbon and radiocarbon isotope compositions of particle size fractions to determine origins of sedimentary organic matter in an estuary

L Megens, J Van der Plicht, JW De Leeuw… - Organic …, 2002 - Elsevier
Stable and radioactive carbon isotopic compositions of particle size fractions of a surface
sediment from the Ems-Dollard estuary vary considerably with particle size. The organic …

Preservation of elemental and isotopic source identification of sedimentary organic matter

PA Meyers - Chemical geology, 1994 - Elsevier
The amount and type of organic matter in the sediments of lakes and oceans contribute to
their paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatological records. Only a small fraction of the initial …

Organic carbon stable isotope ratios of continental margin sediments

P Gearing, FE Plucker, PL Parker - Marine Chemistry, 1977 - Elsevier
Stable isotope ratios (δ 13 C) of total organic carbon were measured in surface sediments
from the continental margins of the northern and western Gulf of Mexico, the north coast of …

Isotopic and biochemical composition of particulate organic matter in a shallow water estuary (Great Ouse, North Sea, England)

R Fichez, P Dennis, MF Fontaine, TD Jickells - Marine Chemistry, 1993 - Elsevier
The biogeochemistry of particulate organic matter was studied in the Great Ouse estuary
draining to the North Sea embayement known as the Wash from March 1990 to January …

Carbon isotope geochemistry of the Orinoco Basin

FC Tan, JM Edmond - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 1993 - Elsevier
Stable carbon isotope ratios have been used to study the sources of particulate organic
carbon (POC) and total dissolved inorganic carbon in the Orinoco Basin. The isotopic …

Modulation of the particulate organic carbon flux to the ocean by a macrotidal estuary: evidence from measurements of carbon isotopes in organic matter from the …

MR Fontugne, JM Jouanneau - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 1987 - Elsevier
The isotopic composition of the organic carbon of the suspended particulate matter in the
Gironde estuary and the Biscay shelf has been measured on a seasonal basis from 1977 to …

Stable carbon isotope evidence for two sources of organic matter in coastal sediments: seagrasses and plankton

B Fry, RS Scalan, PL Parker - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1977 - Elsevier
Organic carbon from sediments collected in Texas seagrass meadows was enriched in 13 C
by an average of 6.6% relative to organic carbon from offshore sediments. Within the South …