Relating estimates of CaCO3 production, export, and dissolution in the water column to measurements of CaCO3 rain into sediment traps and dissolution on the sea floor:A revised global carbonate budget

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Berelson, W M ^a   Balch, W M ^b   Najjar, R ^c   Feely, R A ^d   Sabine, C ^d   Lee, K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SATELLITES; SEDIMENT TRAPS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON BUDGET; DISSOLUTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 34249654151     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GB002803     Document Type: Article

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