Organic Matter at the Sediment-Water Interface

  • Lawrence M. Mayer
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Part of the Topics in Geobiology book series (TGBI, volume 11)

Abstract

This chapter will consider the term “sediment-water interface” as a double entendre and discuss the interface both as the horizontal zone where the water column meets the sediment column and as the wetted surface of mineral grains which occur in this horizontal zone. Hereafter, the first definition will be termed the “sediment-water interface,” and the second the “mineral-water interface.” The interface in both of these senses is a zone of concentration of organic matter, albeit for quite different reasons.

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Organic Matter Total Organic Carbon Marine Sediment Sedimentary Organic Matter Organic Geochemistry 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Lawrence M. Mayer
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  1. 1.Department of Oceanography, Darling Marine CenterUniversity of MaineWalpoleUSA

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