Controls on the δ13C of dissolved inorganic carbon in marine pore waters: An integrated case study of isotope exchange during syndepositional recrystallization of biogenic carbonate sediments (South Florida Platform, USA)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 11-13, 2007, Pages 1163-1200

  Walter, Lynn M ^a   Ku, Timothy C W ^b   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^c   Patterson, William P ^d   Bonnell, Linda ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e Geocosm LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbonate sediments; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Pore water; South Florida; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBONATES; ISOTOPES; MARINE ENGINEERING; OXIDATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SEDIMENTS;

CARBON ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; PORE WATER; SULFIDE OXIDATION;

CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CALCIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DATA SET; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RECRYSTALLIZATION; STRONTIUM; SULFURIC ACID;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 34547795774     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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