Constraints on oceanic N balance/imbalance from sedimentary15N records

Biogeosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-86

  Altabet, M A ^a  

^a U Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RESIDENCE TIME; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TIMESCALE; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 33846556303     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-4-75-2007     Document Type: Article

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