Controls on sedimentary nitrogen isotopes along the Chile margin

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1042-1054

  De Pol Holz, Ricardo ^a   Robinson, Rebecca S ^b   Hebbeln, Dierk ^c   Sigman, Daniel M ^d   Ulloa, Osvaldo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Centro FONDAP COPAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Eastern South Pacific; Eastern South Pacific Intermediate Water; Nitrate; Nitrogen isotopes; Oxygen minimum zone; Peru Chile Undercurrent; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHILE; EASTERN SOUTH-PACIFIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PERU-CHILE UNDERCURRENT; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

NITRATES;

BIOACCUMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; UNDERCURRENT; WATER COLUMN;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649413135     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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