Denitrification under glacial and interglacial conditions: A physical approach

Paleoceanography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Meissner, Katrin J ^a   Galbraith, Eric D ^b   Völker, Christoph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; QUATERNARY;

EID: 27744510370     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001083     Document Type: Article

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