The long-term carbon cycle, fossil fuels and atmospheric composition

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6964, 2003, Pages 323-326

  Berner, Robert A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; ROCKS;

CARBON CYCLES; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER;

FOSSIL FUELS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN;

CARBON CYCLE; FOSSIL FUEL; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PHANEROZOIC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBON DYNAMICS; CLIMATE; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLE; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCK; SEA; SOIL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344011965     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02131     Document Type: Review

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