Analysis of total and organic carbon and total nitrogen in settling oceanic particles and a marine sediment: An interlaboratory comparison

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 203-216

  King, Penny ^a   Kennedy, Hilary ^b   Newton, Philip P ^c   Jickells, Timothy D ^a   Brand, Timothy ^d   Calvert, Stephen ^e   Cauwet, Gustave ^c   Etcheber, Henri ^f   Head, Bob ^g   Khripounoff, Alexis ^h   Manighetti, Barbara ⁱ   Carlos Miquel, Juan ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^h Inst Francais Rech pour l'E   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^j INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

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Author keywords

Analytical methods; Marine sediments; Nitrogen; Oceanic particles; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0032051782     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(97)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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