Mapping of C4 plant input from North West Africa into North East Atlantic sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3505-3513

  Huang, Yongsong ^a,b   Dupont, Lydie ^c   Sarnthein, Michael ^d   Hayes, John M ^e   Eglinton, Geoffrey ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033709306     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00445-2     Document Type: Article

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