The abundance of 13C in marine organic matter and isotopic fractionation in the global biogeochemical cycle of carbon during the past 800 Ma

Chemical Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-125

  Hayes, John M ^a   Strauss, Harald ^b,c   Kaufman, Alan J ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

800 Ma; Isotopic fractionation; Marine organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 0034092956     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00083-2     Document Type: Article

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