Time variations of δ15N of organic nitrogen in deep western subarctic Pacific sediment over the last 145 ka

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Shigemitsu, Masahito ^a   Watanabe, Yutaka W ^a   Narita, Hisashi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological production; Glacial; Interglacial; Nitrogen isotope; Sediment; Western subarctic Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249094111     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC001999     Document Type: Article

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