In:
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Annual Reviews, Vol. 44, No. 1 ( 2016-06-29), p. 295-319
Abstract:
Coastal margins play a significant role in the burial of organic matter (OM) on Earth. These margins vary considerably with respect to their efficiency in OM burial and to the amounts and periodicity of their OM delivery, depending in large part on whether they are passive or active margins. In the context of global warming, these coastal regions are expected to experience higher water temperatures, changes in riverine inputs of OM, and sea level rise. Low-oxygen conditions continue to expand around the globe in estuarine regions (i.e., hypoxic zones) and shelf regions (i.e., oxygen minimum zones), which will impact the amounts and sources of OM stored in these regions. In this review, we explore how these changes are impacting the storage of OM and the preservation of sedimentary biomarkers, used as proxies to reconstruct environmental change, in coastal margins.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0084-6597
,
1545-4495
DOI:
10.1146/earth.2016.44.issue-1
DOI:
10.1146/annurev-earth-060614-105417
Language:
English
Publisher:
Annual Reviews
Publication Date:
2016
detail.hit.zdb_id:
124813-3
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2010309-8
SSG:
16,13
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