Spatial variations in geochemical characteristics of the modern Mackenzie Delta sedimentary system

• Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• Main Authors: Vonk, Jorien E., Giosan, Liviu, Blusztajn, Jerzy, Montlucon, Daniel, Pannatier, Elisabeth Graf, Mcintyre, Cameron, Wacker, Lukas, Macdonald, Robie W., Yunker, Mark B., Eglinton, Timothy I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie River; Peel River; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie river; Mackenzie Shelf
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/136607/

The Mackenzie River in Canada is by far the largest riverine source of sediment and organic carbon (OC) to the Arctic Ocean. Therefore the transport, degradation and burial of OC along the land-to-ocean continuum for this riverine system is important to study both regionally and as a dominant repres...