Monsoon-driven export fluxes and early diagenesis of particulate nitrogen and its δ 15N across the Somalia margin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 353-370

  Brummer, G J A ^a   Kloosterhuis, H T ^a   Helder, W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; NITROGEN; UPWELLING;

ARABIAN SEA;

CYANOBACTERIA; SOMALIA;

EID: 0037005175     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.195.01.19     Document Type: Article

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