The distribution of nitrate 15N/14N in marine sediments and the impact of benthic nitrogen loss on the isotopic composition of oceanic nitrate

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 5384-5404

  Lehmann, Moritz F ^a   Sigman, Daniel M ^b   McCorkle, Daniel C ^c   Granger, Julie ^d   Hoffmann, Sharon ^c   Cane, Greg ^e   Brunelle, Brigitte G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 35648930348     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.07.025     Document Type: Article

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