Isotopic constraints on glacial/interglacial changes in the oceanic nitrogen budget

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Deutsch, Curtis ^a,b   Sigman, Daniel M ^a   Thunell, Robert C ^c   Meckler, Anna Nele ^d   Haug, Gerald H ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feedback; Nitrogen isotopes; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; NITROGEN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 15944410574     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GB002189     Document Type: Article

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