Negligible glacial-interglacial variation in continental chemical weathering rates

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7121, 2006, Pages 918-921

  Foster, Gavin L ^a   Vance, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; IRON DERIVATIVE; ISOTOPE; LEAD; SILICATE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DRAWDOWN; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLOBAL CLIMATE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COOLING; EXPOSURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLACIER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; WEATHERING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33845900442     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05365     Document Type: Article

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