13C and 15N abundances in the sediment core (VER 92/1-st-10-GC2) from northern Lake Baikal

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-286

  Yoshii, Koichi ^a   Wada, E ^a   Takamatsu, N ^b   Karabanov, E B ^c   Kawai, T ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Autochthonous; Lake Baikal; Manganese; Sediment; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAKE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

CARBON 13; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CORE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0031295996     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256019708234038     Document Type: Article

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