The burial of organic matter (OM) in marine sediments represents the major link between
“active” surface pools of carbon in the oceans, atmosphere, on land, and in marine …

Understanding the dynamics of organic matter (OM) and the roles in global and local carbon
cycles is challenging to the fields of environmental sciences and biogeochemistry. The …

Organic matter constitutes a minor fraction of marine and freshwater sediments, yet its
important contribution to the sedimentary record can be used to reconstruct marine and …

For more than a decade I have taught a graduate-level course in marine sediment
geochemistry that covers many of the topics discussed in this book. The goal now is to …

Coastal Ecosystem Processes, written by the renowned marine scientist Daniel Alongi,
describes how pelagic and benthic food webs, from beaches and tidal flats to the continental …

The paper presents the first document regarding concentration, distribution and possible
sources of selected trace elements (Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cr, Co, Ni, Pb, Al, B and Ba) in core …

The usefulness of biomarker compounds buried in marine sediments depends upon a
quantita tive understanding of the effects of early diagenesis on their distribution. To address …

Organic and inorganic geochemical indicators were examined in a 3-m core collected from
the mesohaline region of Chesapeake Bay (CB) to determine how sources of organic matter …

Alkaline CuO oxidation of ubiquitous biochemicals such as proteins, polysaccharides, and
lipids, yields specific products, including fatty acids, diacids, and carboxylated phenols …

Surface water samples were collected along the salinity gradient of the York River, VA
Estuary, between June 1998 and April 1999, to examine spatial and temporal variability in …