The importance of ocean temperature to global biogeochemistry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-348

  David, Archer ^a   Martin, Pamela ^a   Buffett, Bruce ^a   Brovkin, Victor ^b   Rahmstorf, Stefan ^b   Ganopolski, Andrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate; Ocean temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 2442658158     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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