Carbon isotopes in continental weathering environments and variations in ancient atmospheric CO2 pressure

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 71-82

  Yapp, Crayton J ^a,b   Poths, Harald ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON; GOETHITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHERING;

EID: 0029730471     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00213-v     Document Type: Article

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