Marine carbon reservoir, Corg-Ccarb coupling, and the evolution of the Proterozoic carbon cycle

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-132

  Bartley, Julie K ^a   Kah, Linda C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

C isotopes; Carbon cycle; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Model; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON RESERVOIRS;

CARBON; CARBONATES; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

GEOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER;

EID: 1542289630     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19939.1     Document Type: Article

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