Organic carbon flux and organic carbon to calcite flux ratio recorded in deep-sea carbonates: Demonstration and a new proxy

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 25-1-25-15

  Mekik, Figen A ^a   Loubere, Paul W ^b   Archer, David E ^c  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical modeling; Calcite dissolution; Eastern equatorial Pacific; Foraminiferal preservation; Marine calcite rain; Marine carbon fluxes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALCITE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036771127     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001634     Document Type: Article

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