The carbon isotopic composition of dissolved inorganic carbon in perennially ice-covered Antarctic lakes: Searching for a biogenic signature

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 518-524

  Neumann, Klaus ^a   Lyons, W Berry ^b   Priscu, John C ^c   Desmarais, David J ^d   Welch, Kathleen A ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GLACIAL LAKE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; WORLD;

EID: 23844498754     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814465     Document Type: Article

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