Evidence for anthropogenic 14C-enrichment in estuarine waters adjacent to the North Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Ahad, Jason M E ^a,b   Ganeshram, Raja S ^a   Spencer, Robert G M ^c,d   Uher, Günther ^c   Gulliver, Pauline ^b   Bryant, Charlotte L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; REMOVAL; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

ESTUARINE WATERS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

ESTUARIES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745457488     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025991     Document Type: Article

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