Carbon cycle in the coastal zone: Effects of global perturbations and change in the past three centuries

Chemical Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 283-304

  Ver, Leah May B ^a   Mackenzie, Fred T ^a   Lerman, Abraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Coastal zone; Global perturbations

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; GLOBAL CHANGE;

EID: 0032732220     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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