Does atmospheric CO2 police the rate of chemical weathering?

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-408

  Broecker, Wallace S ^a   Sanyal, Abhijit ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM;

EID: 0032444060     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GB01927     Document Type: Article

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