The uptake of carbon during alteration of ocean crust

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1527-1535

  Alt, Jeffrey C ^a   Teagle, Damon A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; MINERAL ALTERATION; OCEANIC CRUST;

EID: 0032698018     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00123-4     Document Type: Article

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