Efficient organic carbon burial in the Bengal fan sustained by the Himalayan erosional system

Valier Galy (), Christian France-Lanord, Olivier Beyssac, Pierre Faure, Hermann Kudrass and Fabien Palhol
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Valier Galy: Nancy Université, CRPG CNRS/INSU, BP 20, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Christian France-Lanord: Nancy Université, CRPG CNRS/INSU, BP 20, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Olivier Beyssac: ENS Paris, Laboratoire de Géologie, CNRS/INSU, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75005 Paris Cedex 5, France
Pierre Faure: Nancy Université, G2R CNRS/INSU, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Hermann Kudrass: Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
Fabien Palhol: Nancy Université, CRPG CNRS/INSU, BP 20, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France

Nature, 2007, vol. 450, issue 7168, 407-410

Abstract: A comprehensive organic carbon budget for the Himalayan erosional system is presented, and finds that organic carbon export is controlled by sediment properties and that oxidative loss is negligible during transport and deposition to the ocean. The results indicate that 70 to 85 per cent of the organic carbon is recent organic matter captured during transport, which serves as a net sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Date: 2007
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