Seafloor weathering controls on atmospheric CO2 and global climate

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 965-973

  Brady, Patrick V ^a   Gíslason, Sigurdur R ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SEA FLOOR; WEATHERING;

EID: 0030762866     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00385-7     Document Type: Article

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