Preservation of organic matter in sediments promoted by iron

Karine Lalonde, Alfonso Mucci, Alexandre Ouellet and Yves Gélinas ()
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Karine Lalonde: Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West
Alfonso Mucci: GEOTOP and Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University Street
Alexandre Ouellet: Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West
Yves Gélinas: Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West

Nature, 2012, vol. 483, issue 7388, 198-200

Abstract: About one-fifth of organic carbon in sediments is bound to reactive iron phases, which are metastable over geological timescales and may therefore serve as a sink for the long-term storage of organic carbon.

Date: 2012
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