Benthic barium and alkalinity fluxes: Is Ba an oceanic paleo-alkalinity proxy for glacial atmospheric CO2?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Rubin, Stephany I ^a   King, Stagg L ^b   Jahnke, Richard A ^c   Froelich, Philip N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIERS; SEDIMENTS;

FLUX RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; BARIUM; BENTHIC FLUX; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0347478119     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017339     Document Type: Article

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