BIOCHEMICAL DISTRIBUTIONS (AMINO ACIDS, NEUTRAL SUGARS, AND LIGNIN PHENOLS) AMONG SIZE-CLASSES OF MODERN MARINE SEDIMENTS FROM THE WASHINGTON COAST

Abstract In order to examine relationships of organic matter source, composition, and diagenesis with particle size and mineralogy in modern marine depositional regimes, sediments from the continental shelf and slope along the Northwest Pacific rim (Washington coast, USA) were sorted into hydrodynamic size fractions (sand: >250, 63–250 μm; silt: 35–63, 17–35, 8–17, 3–8 μm; and clay-sized: 1–3, 0.5–1,

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