Nitrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of N2O from suboxic waters of the eastern tropical north pacific and the Arabian Sea - Measurement by continuous-flow isotope-ratio monitoring

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 253-264

  Yoshinari, T ^a   Altabet, M A ^b   Naqvi, S W A ^c   Codispoti, L ^d   Jayakumar, A ^c   Kuhland, M ^a   Devol, A ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry; denitrification; dual isotopic composition of N2O; eastern tropical North Pacific; nitrification; nitrous oxide (N2O)

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROUS OXIDE;

ARABIAN SEA; PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031104914     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(96)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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