Accession Number:

ADA630075

Title:

Riverine Carbon and the Sedimentary Record on the Continental Shelves

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept.

Corporate Author:

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE BOLOGNA (ITALY) IST LAMEL

Personal Author(s):

• Miserocchi, Stefano
• Langone, Leonardo

Report Date:

2003-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The long-term goal of our research is to improve the understanding of the behavior of terrestrial organic carbon on continental shelves. More specifically this project seeks to link the rates, the routes and the fate of organic carbon to the continental-margin sediment dynamics.

Descriptors:

• *CARBON
• *CONTINENTAL SHELVES
• *SEDIMENTS
• ACCUMULATION
• FLOODS
• RIVERS
• STRATIGRAPHY

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE