Sources of Terrestrial Organic Carbon in the Mississippi Plume Region: Evidence for the Importance of Coastal Marsh Inputs

Physics & Astronomy

• marshlands 100%
• plumes 64%
• carbon 41%
• shelves 32%
• Mississippi River (US) 27%
• rivers 17%
• lignin 13%
• biomarkers 11%
• sediments 10%
• wetlands 8%
• mud 6%
• mouth 5%
• phenols 5%
• margins 4%
• stations 4%
• isotopes 3%
• decomposition 3%
• nitrogen 3%
• oxygen 2%
• water 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• marsh 60%
• plume 50%
• organic carbon 48%
• river plume 14%
• lignin 12%
• river 11%
• biomarker 10%
• C4 plant 7%
• spring (season) 6%
• elemental carbon 6%
• carbon 6%
• sedimentation rate 5%
• bottom water 5%
• repository 5%
• sediment 5%
• spatial data 5%
• phenol 5%
• stable isotope 4%
• mud 4%
• wetland 4%
• decomposition 4%
• oxygen 3%
• nitrogen 3%
• station 3%
• material 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Organic Carbon 68%
• Lignin 11%
• Biological Marker 10%
• Elemental Carbon 8%
• Sedimentation 5%
• Carbon Atom 5%
• Phenol 4%
• Decomposition 3%
• Nitrogen 3%
• Surface 1%