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The Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter in Lacustrine Sediments

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Lakes are diverse in their size, biological communities, watershed types, bottom morphology, and other important limnological factors which impact the accumulation and composition of their sediments. The diversity of lacustrine depositional systems is useful to organic geochemical studies. Different aspects of the early, as well as the more advanced, stages of diagenesis can be investigated, using lakes that have sedimentary characteristics which highlight the aspects of interest. Although sediment deposition in an individual lake is usually unique, such studies have led to generalizations about the processes affecting the organic matter contents of lacustrine sediments.

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Meyers, P.A., Ishiwatari, R. (1993). The Early Diagenesis of Organic Matter in Lacustrine Sediments. In: Engel, M.H., Macko, S.A. (eds) Organic Geochemistry. Topics in Geobiology, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2890-6_8

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