Compositional Changes of Sedimentary Organic Matter from a 100-year Flood Deposit: Insights into Event-Driven Processes in the Coastal Ocean
Category
FP7 Project with U.S. partner
Short name and number
SOMFlood (221167)
Area
Environment including Climate change
Description
In spite of their importance as sites of long-term burial of organic matter (OM), key questions remain regarding the factors controlling carbon sequestration in river subaqueous deltas. One of the salient, but poorly understood, features of these river-dominated ocean margins (RIOMARs) is their highly dynamic nature. Specifically, we lack quantitative understanding of the role that perturbation events, such as floods, play in the OM biogeochemistry of RIOMAR systems.
Participating Countries
Italy and United States.
Name of US Partner
Oregon State University
Contact
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (IT) / LANGONE Leonardo