Modeling of surface calcite dissolution, including the respiration and reoxidation processes of marine sediments in the region of equatorial upwelling off Gabon

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 66, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 4247-4259

  Pfeifer, K ^a   Hensen, C ^a   Adler, M ^a   Wenzhofer F ^b   Weber, B ^b   Schulz, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISSOLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SEAWATER; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037115177     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01073-6     Document Type: Article

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