Climatically linked oscillations in Arabian Sea denitrification over the past 1 m.y.: Implications for the marine N cycle

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 732-743

  Altabet, Mark A ^a   Murray, David W ^b   Prell, Warren L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEDIMENT;

DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; OSCILLATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0033503835     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999PA900035     Document Type: Article

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