Preservation of organic matter in sediments promoted by iron
Submitted by susan on Thu, 2012-06-21 15:49
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.
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