Stable nitrogen isotopes in Angola Basin surface sediments

Marine Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Holmes, M Elizabeth ^a,b   Müller, Peter J ^a   Schneider, Ralph R ^a   Segl, Monika ^a   Pätzold, Jürgen ^a   Wefer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ATLANTIC, ANGOLA BASIN;

EID: 0030222664     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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