Triple-isotope composition of atmospheric oxygen as a tracer of biosphere productivity

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6744, 1999, Pages 547-550

  Luz, Boaz ^a   Barkan, Eugeni ^a   Bender, Michael L ^b   Thiemens, Mark H ^c   Boering, Kristie A ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 17; OXYGEN 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; ISOTOPE TRACING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0033527020     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22987     Document Type: Article

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